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(Corrected  to  April  15,  1917 — Changes  1  to  55) 
(With  Questions) 

FOR  NEWLY 
COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS 

Consisting  of  such  paragraphs  of  the  Army  Regulations 
as  apply  especially  to  Line  officers 

By 

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United  States  Army 


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PREFATORY 

This  book  consists  of  the  paragraphs  of  the  Army  Regula- 
tions that  are  applicable  to  Line  officers  in  particular,  especially  those 
just  entering  the  service,  and,  with  certain  additions,  are  the  same 
as  the  paragraphs  constituting  the  course  in  Army  Regulations 
taught  newly  appointed  officers  at  the  Army  Service  Schools,  Fort 
Leavenworth,  Kansas. 

The  questions  in  the  back  of  the  book  bring  out  and  empha- 
size every  point  mentioned  in  every  paragraph,  and  thus  enable  one, 
as  nothing  else  will,  to  master  the  text,  and,  by  self-examination, 
himself  test  his  knowledge  of  Army  Regulations. 

It  is  recommended  that  you  keep  this  book  posted  up  to 
date,  by  subscribing  to  "ARMY  CHANGES,"  published  quarterly 
(January  1,  April  1,  July  1,  and  October  1),  which  gives  all  the 
changes,  not  only  in  the  Army  Regulations,  but  also  in  the  Drill 
Regulations,  Field  Service  Regulations,  Manual  for  Courts-Martial, 
Small-Arms  Firing  Manual,  and  about  thirty  (30)  other  War  Depart- 
ment publications,  from  the  respective  dates  of  their  publication  to 
the  date  of  publication  of  the  last  number  of  "ARMY  CHANGES." 
(Publishers:  George  Banta  Publishing  Co.,  Menasha,  Wis.,  Annual 
subscription,  $1.50;  single  copies,  50  cents  postpaid.) 

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ARMY  REGULATIONS 

(Corrected  to  April  15,  1917 — Changes  1  to  55) 

(The  numbers  in  parentheses  that  follow  the  paragraphs  are  the 
paragraph  numbers  of  the  Army  Regulations.) 

INTRODUCTORY   REMARKS 

1.  Importance  of  knowing  Army  Regulations.  The  Army  Re- 
gulations may  be  called  "the  officer's  bible," — it  is  the  book  whose 
provisions  and  instructions  guide  and  govern  his  daily  acts  more 
than  all  other  books,  orders  and  instructions  put  together.  Hence, 
every  officer  should  know  the  Army  Regulations,  especially  such  parts 
as  directly  affect  his  position,  duties,  and  responsibilities.  The  Army 
Regulations  are  essentially  a  book  of  reference,  to  which  the  Army 
officer  is  constantly  referring.     (Author) 

2.  How  to  learn  Army  Regulations.  The  best  way  really  to 
learn  the  Army  Regulations  is  to  refer  to  them  constantly,  always 
looking  up  and  studying  the  provisions  bearing  on  various  matters 
as  they  come  up  from  time  to  time  in  the  administration  of  the  Army. 
For  example,  if  going  on  leave,  look  up  the  Regulations  to  see  the 
provisions  affecting  an  officer  going  on  leave;  if  a  soldier  of  your 
company  dies,  refer  to  the  Regulations  to  see  what  the  company 
commander  is  required  to  do;  if  a  man  deserts,  see  what  the  Army 
Regulations  prescribes  in  the  way  of  reports,  disposal  of  effects  left 
behind,  etc.  This  is  the  way  officers  and  others  who  know  the  Army 
Regulations   best  learn  them.      (Author) 

3.  Army  Regulations  cover  only  part  of  Army  administration. 
As  important,  and  as  useful  and  as  far  reaching  as  are  the  Army  Re- 
gulations, they  cover  only  a  part  of  Army  administration,  the  rest  of 


(1)  The  Army  Regulations,  Drill  Regulations,  Field  Service  Regulations, 
Small  Arms  Firing  Manual,  Manual  for  Courts-Martial  and  Tables  of  Organization, 
are  being  constantly  amended.  "ARMY.  CHANGES,"  published  quarterly  .by  George 
Banta  Publishing  Company,  Menasha,  Wis.,  gives  all  the  changes  not  only  in  the 
books  named,  but  also  in  about  thirty  other  War  Department  publications.  In  order, 
therefore,  for  you  to  be  familiar  with  the  latest  changes  in  all  the  War  Department 
publications  covered  in  this  book,  it  is  recommended  that  you  subscribe  to  "ARMY 
CHANGES''  or  get  a  copy  of  the  last  number.  Subscription,  $1.50  a  year;  single 
copies,  $0.50. 

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which  is  covered  in  orders,  bulletins,  official  publications  and  special 

instructions  from  the  heads,  of  the  various  staff  departments. 

"ARMY  PAPERWORK,"  by  the  author  (Geo.  Banta  Pub- 
lishing Co.,  Menasha,  Wis.,  $2.00),  covers  the  subject  of  Army 
administration  in  a  comprehensive,  practical,  concrete  way,  giving, 
amongst  other  things,  numerous  "models"  of  letters,  indorsements, 
reports,  returns,  discharges,  final  statements,  pay  rolls,  muster  rolls, 
etc.  The  book  is  recommended  to  anyone  wishing  to  get  a  practical 
working  knowledge  of  Army  administration.     (Author) 

MILITARY  DISCIPLINE 

4.  Obedience  and  execution  of  orders.  All  persons  in  the 
military  service  are  required  to  obey  strictly  and  to  execute  promptly 
the  lawful  orders  of  their  superiors'.     (1) 

5.  Exercise  of  military  authority;  punishments.  Military 
authority  will  be  exercised  with  firmness,  kindness  and  justice. 
Punishments  must  conform  to  law  and  follow  offences  as  promptly 
as  circumstances  will  permit.     (2) 

6.  Conduct  of  superiors  towards  subordinates.  Superiors  are 
forbidden  to  injure  those  under  their  authority  by  tyrannical  or 
capricious  conduct  or  by  abusive  language.     (3) 

7.  Treatment  of  enlisted  men.  While  maintaining  discipline 
and  the  thorough  and  prompt  performance  of  military  duty,  all 
officers,  in  dealing  with  enlisted  men,  will  bear  in  mind  the  absolute 
necessity  of  so  treating  them  as  to  preserve  their  self-respect.  Offi- 
cers will  keep  in  as  close  touch  as  possible  with  men  under  their 
command  and  will  strive  to  build  up  such  relations  of  confidence  and 
sympathy  as  will  insure  the  free  approach  of  the  men  to  them  for 
counsel  and  assistance.  This  relationship  may  be  gained  and  main- 
tained without  relaxation  of  the  bonds  of  discipline  and  with  great 
benefit  to  the  service  as  a  whole.     (3) 

8.  Courtesy;  respect  to  superiors.  Courtesy  among  military 
men  is  indepensable  to  discipline;  respect  to  superiors  will  not  be 
confined  to  obedience  on  duty,  but  will  be  extended  on  all  occasions. 
(4) 

9.  Deliberations  conveying  praise  or  censure.  Deliberations  or 
discussions  among  military  men  conveying  praise  or  censure,  or  any 
remark  of  approbation,  toward  others  in  the  military  service,  and 
all  publications  relating  to  private  or  personal  transactions  between 
officers,  are  prohibited.     (5) 

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10.  Use  of  influence.  Efforts  to  influence  legislation  affecting 
the  Army,  or  to  procure  personal  favor  or  consideration,  should  never 
be  made  except  through  regular  military  channels;  the  adoption  of 
any  other  method  by  any  officer  or  enlisted  man  will  be  noted  in  the 
military  record  of  those  concerned.     (5) 

RANK  AND  PRECEDENCE  OF  OFFICERS  AND  NON- 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 

11.  Military  rank.  Military  rank  is  that  character  or  quality 
bestowed  on  military  persons  which  marks  their  station,  and  confers 
eligibility  to  exercise  command  or  authority  in  the  military  service 
within  the  limits  prescribed  by  law.  It  is  divided  into  degrees  or 
grades,  which  mark  the  relative  positions  and  powers  of  the  dif- 
ferent classes  of  persons  possessing  it.     (7) 

12.  Rank,  how  held.  Rank  is  generally  held  by  virtue  of  office 
in  an  arm  of  the  service,  corps,  or  department,  but  may  be  conferred 
independently  of  office,  as  is  the  case  of  retired  officers  and  of  those 
holding  it  by  brevet.     (8) 

13.  Grades  of  rank.  The  following  are  the  grades  of  rank  of 
officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  with  whom  Reserve  Infantry 
officers  come  in  contact  give  the  most. 

1.  Lieutenant  general. 

2.  Major  general. 

3.  Brigadier  general. 

4.  Colonel. 

5.  Lieutenant  colonel. 

6.  Major. 

7.  Captain. 

8.  First  lieutenant. 

9.  Second  lieutenant. 

10.  Aviator,  Signal  Corps. 

11.  Regimental  sergeant-major. 

12.  Regimental  supply  sergeant. 

13.  Battalion  sergeant-major. 

14.  First  sergeant. 

15.  Color  sergeant. 

16.  Sergeant;    supply   sergeant,   company;    mess   sergeant. 

17.  Corporal. 

In   each   grade   and   subgrade   date   of   commission,   appoint- 
ment, or  warrant  determines  the  order  of  precedence.     (9) 

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14.  Precedence  of  Regular  Army,  Organized  Militia,  and  Volun- 
teer Officers.  Officers  of  the- same  grade  of  the  Regular  Army,  of  the 
Organized  Militia  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and  of  Volun- 
teers take  precedence  in  the  .order  named.  Officers  of  the  Marine 
Corps,  when  detached  for  service  with  the  Army  by  order  of  the 
President  and  while  serving  with  the  Army  under  that  order,  are 
upon  equal  footing  with  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  and  take 
precedence  in  each  grade  by  date  of  commission.     (10) 

COMMAND 

15.  Command,  how  exercised.  Command  is  exercised  by  virtue 
of  office  and  the  special  assignment  of  officers  holding  military  rank 
who  are  eligible  by  law  to  exercise  command.  Without  orders  from 
competent  authority  an  officer  can  not  put  himself  on  duty  by  virtue 
of  his  commission  alone,  except  as  contemplated  in  the  68th  and  120th 
Articles  of  War.     (13) 

16.  Commands  appropriate  to  grades.  The  following  are  the 
commands  appropriate  to  each  grade: 

1.  For  a  captain,  a  company. 

2.  For  a  major,  a  battalion. 

3.  For  colonel,  a  regiment. 

4.  For  a  brigadier  general,  a  brigade. 

5.  For  a  major  general,  a  division.     (14) 

17.  Designation  "company"  defined.  The  designation  "company," 
as  used  in  these  regulations,  applies  to  troops  of  cavalry,  batteries  of 
field  artillery,  and  to  companies  and  bands  of  all  arms  and  corps.  The 
designation  "battalion"  applies  in  like  manner  to  squadrons  of  cavalry. 
(15) 

18.  Functions  devolving  upon  officer  acting  in  place  of  another. 
The  functions  assigned  to  any  officer  in  these  regulations  by  title  of 
office  devolve  upon  the  officer  acting  in  his  place,  except  when  other- 
wise specified.     (16) 

19.  Officer  in  temporary  command  not  to  alter  orders.  An  officer 
in  temporary  command  shall  not,  except  in  urgent  cases,  alter  or 
annul  the  standing  orders  of  the  permanent  commander  without 
authority  from  the  next  higher  commander.     (16) 

20.  Duties  of  officer  succeeding  to  command.  An  officer  who 
succeeds  to  any  command  or  duty  stands  in  regard  to  his  duties  in 
the  same  situation  as  his  predecessor.     (17) 

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21.  Relieved  officer  to  turn  over  orders,  etc.  An  officer  who  is 
relieved  from  any  command  or  duty  will  turn  over  to  his  successor  all 
orders  in  force  at  the  time  and  all  the  public  property  and  funds  per- 
taining to  his  command  or  duty.     (17) 

22.  Certain  officers  not  to  assume  command  of  troops.  An 
officer  of  engineers  not  on  duty  with  engineer  troops,  or  of  ordnance, 
or  of  the  Adjutant  General's,  Inspector  General's,  Judge  Advocate 
General's  Department,  Quartermaster,  or  Signal  Corps,  or  of  the 
line,  detailed  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  these  staff  departments  or  corps, 
though  eligible  to  command,  according  to  his  rank,  shall  not  assume 
command  of  troops  unless  put  on  duty  under  orders  which  specially 
so  direct,  by  authority  of  the  President.     (18) 

23.  Exercise  of  command  by  medical  officers;  command  of  en- 
listed men  by  staff  officers.  An  officer  of  the  Medical  Department  can 
not  exercise  command,  except  in  his  own  department;  but  any  staff 
officer,  by  virtue  of  his  commission,  may  command  all  enlisted  men 
like  other  commissioned  officers.     (19) 

24.  Officer  directing  expedition  or  reconnaissance  but  not  in 
charge  of  escort.  When  an  officer  is  charged  with  directing  an  ex- 
pedition or  making  a  reconnaissance,  without  having  command  of  the 
escort,  the  commander  of  the  escort  will  consult  him  touching  all 
arrangements  necessary  to  secure  the  success  of  the  operation.     (20) 

APPOINTMENT  AND  PROMOTION  OF  COMMISSIONED 

25.  General  officer.  Appointment  to  the  grade  of  general  officer 
is  made  by  the  President  by  selection  from  the  colonels  of  the  line  of 
the  Army.     (National  Defense  Act,  June  3,  1916.) 

26.  Promotions  to  include  colonel,  by  seniority.  Promotions  in 
the  line  of  the  Army  to  include  the  grade  of  colonel,  in  each  arm  of 
the  service,  will  be  made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examinations 
required  by  law.     (25) 

LEAVES  OF  ABSENCE  TO  OFFICERS 

27.  Amount  of  leave  to  which  entitled.  When  their  services  can 
be  spared  officers  are  allowed  leave  on  full  pay  at  the  rate  of  one 
month  a  year,  and  they  may  let  such  leave  accumulate  for  four 
years, — that  is  to  say,  the  greatest  amount  of  leave  an  officer  can  get 
at  one  time,  on  full  pay,  is  four  months.     (Author) 

28.  Leaves  granted  by  post  commanders.  Under  such  restric- 
tions as  may  be  imposed  by  higher  authority,  post  commanders  may 
grant  leaves  of  absence  for  one  month.     (49) 

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29.  Post  commander  granting  himself  leave.  The  commander 
of  a  post  may  take  leave  of  absence  not  to  exceed  one  month,  report- 
ing the  fact  to  the  next  superior  commander.     (50) 

30.  When  leaves  may  not  be  granted.  Leaves  of  absence  will 
not  be  granted  so  that  a  company  will  be  left  without  a  commissioned 
officer,  or  a  post  without  two  commissioned  officers  and  competent 
medical  attendance;  nor  will  leave  of  absence  be  granted  to  an  officer 
during  the  season  of  active  operations,  except  in  case  of  urgent 
necessity.     (54) 

31.  Officer  to  serve  two  years  before  taking  leave.  Leave  of 
absence  exceeding  10  days,  except  under  extraordinary  circumstances 
particularly  stated  in  the  application,  will  not  be  granted  to  an  officer 
until  he  has  joined  his  regiment  or  corps  and  has  served  therein  at 
least  two  years.     (55) 

32.  Application  for  leave.  An  application  for  leave  must  state 
its  desired  duration  and  be  forwarded  through  military  channels. 
Intermediate  commanders  will  indorse  thereon  their  recommenda- 
tions.    (56) 

33.  Officers  on  leave  not  to  leave  United  States  without  permis- 
sion. Officers  on  leave  of  absence  will  not  leave  the  United  States 
to  go  be}'ond  the  sea  without  permission  from  the  authority  granting 
the  leave  of  absence  or  from  higher  authority.     (61) 

34.  Reports.  An  officer  granted  leave  of  absence  for  more  than 
10  days  will,  upon  taking  advantage  thereof,  report  to  his  post  and 
regimental  or  corps  commander  and  to  the  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  the  date  of  his  departure  and  his  new  address,  and  thereafter  he 
will  immediately  report  any  change  in  his  address  and  the  date  of 
return  to  duty  to  the  same  officers.  Verbal  permits  for  less  than  24 
hours  are  not  counted  as  leaves  of  absence,  but  every  other  absence, 
of  whatever  duration,  with  date  of  departure  and  return,  will  be  noted 
on  the  rolls  and  returns.     (64) 

35.  Permission  to  hunt.  Permission  to  hunt  will  not  be  con- 
sidered as  a  leave  of  absence  if  the  officer  on  his  return  to  the  station 
forwards  to  department  headquarters  through  his  commanding 
officer,  a  certificate  that  his  time  while  absent  was  employed  solely 
in  hunting,  and  furnishes  a  report  giving  as  complete  a  description  as 
possible  of  the  country  traversed  by  him. 

Permission    may    be    granted    by    department    or    post    com- 
manders for  periods  not  exceeding  10  days.     (65;  66) 

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36.  All    leave    correspondence    to    pass    through    channels.     All 

applications  for  extensions  of  leaves  of  absence  or  for  delays,  and  all 
correspondence  regarding  them,  will  pass  through  military  channels. 
(67) 

OFFICERS  TRAVELING  ON  DUTY 

37.  Mileage.  When  traveling  under  competent  orders,  without 
troops  by  land,  an  officer  is  entitled,  with  certain  exceptions,  to  mile- 
age at  the  rate  of  7  cents  a  mile.  Officers  who  so  desire  may  upon 
application  to  the  Quartermaster  Corps  be  furnished  transportation 
requests  for  the  entire  journey  by  land,  exclusive  of  sleeping  and 
parlor  car  accommodations,  or  by  water;  and  the  transportation  so 
furnished  shall  be  charged  against  the  officer's  mileage  account  at  . 
the  rate  of  3  cents  a  mile.     (1279) 

38.  Actual  expenses.  Actual  expenses  only  will  be  paid  to  offi- 
cers for  sea  travel  on  duty,  with  or  without  troops.  If  traveling  on 
commercial  liner,  certain  allowances  are  also  made  for  steamer  chair 
and  "tips."     (1280) 

39.  Travel  orders  to  be  obeyed  promptly.  When  an  officer  is 
ordered  without  troops  from  one  post  of  duty  to  another,  he  will 
proceed  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  without  unnecessary 
delay.     (68) 

40.  Reports  upon  completion  of  journey.  Upon  his  arrival  at  his 
new  post,  the  officer  will  immediately  report  to  the  commanding 
officer  the  date  of  his  departure  from  his  former  station,  and  submit  a 
copy  of  his  order,  noting  thereon  the  date  he  received  it.  If  he  shall 
appear  to  have  made  unnecessary  delay  en  route,  he  will  be  required 
to  explain  the  cause  thereof  in  writing.     (68) 

41.  Delays.  Delays  in  obeying  orders,  in  reporting  for  duty,  or 
in  returning  to  duty  from  leave  can  not  be  authorized  except  by  the 
War  Department.  Such  delays  will  be  regarded  as  leaves  of  absence, 
unless  it  be  stated  in  the  order  granting  them  that  they  are  in  the 
interest  of  the  public  service.     (70) 

GENERAL  NONCOMMISSIONED   STAFF 

42.  Composition.  The  general  noncommissioned  staff  consists 
of  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  Signal 
Corps,  Medical  Department,  and  Ordnance  Department.     (103) 

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SERVICE  RECORDS  (FORMERLY  KNOWN  AS  DESCRIPTIVE 

LISTS) 
Detached  Soldiers 

43.  Description  and  Importance  of  Service  Records.  A  "Service 
Record"  is  a  document  giving  a  physical  description  of  the  soldier,  his 
military  record  and  a  statement  of  his  accounts. 

The  following  headings  on  the  Service  Record,  in  addition 
to  the  soldier's  physical  description,  will  give  you  an  idea  of  its  scope 
and  nature: 

Military  Record.  (Principal  sub-heads:  Date  of  enlistment; 
Noncommissioned  officer;  Marksmanship;  Furloughs:  Battles;  Wounds 
or  other  injures  received  in  action;  Vaccination;  Typhoid  immuni- 
zation; Character;  Character  of  service;  Convictions  by  court-martial.) 

Statement  of  Accounts.  (Principal  sub-heads:  Pay;  Clothing; 
Allotments;  Due  soldier;  Due  United  States;  Deposits.) 

Clothing  Account.  [Sub-heads:  Clothing  drawn  (with  dates 
and  amounts);  Gratuitous  Issues  of  Clothing;  Clothing  Settlements.] 

The  soldier's  "Service  Record"  is  one  of  the  most  important 
papers  in  the  service,  and  should  be  kept  and  prepared  with  the 
greatest  possible  care.     (Author) 

44.  Service  Record  to  be  prepared  and  forwarded  in  case  of 
detached  soldiers. 

(a)  When  an  enlisted  man  is  detached  from  his  company,  his 
service  record  will  be  forwarded  by  indorsement  to  his  new  com- 
manding officer.  When  it  can  be  avoided,  the  service  will  not  be 
intrusted  to  the  soldier,  but  to  an  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer 
under  whose  charge  he  may  be,  or  it  may  be  forwarded  by  mail. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (104) 

(b)  Note  under  "Remarks"  on  the  Service  Record  all  articles 
of  quartermaster  and  other  property  the  soldier  may  take  along  with 
him. 

(c)  Should  the  soldier  be  permanently  detached  from  his  com- 
pany,— that  is  to  say,  should  he  be  transferred  to  some  other  organi- 
zation,— then  any  articles  of  personal  equipment  or  other  ordnance 
property  he  might  take  along  must  be  transferred  to  the  new  organi- 
zation commander  on  the  prescribed  blank  form.  (Author, — based  on 
A.  R.  104  and  1535.) 

Furloughs  to  Soldiers 

45.  Amount  of  furlough  allowed.  The  amount  of  furlough  that 
a  soldier  may  get  a  year  or  during  his  enlistment,   is   not  fixed  by 

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orders  or  regulations.  In  practice  it  usually  depends  on  how  much 
previous  furlough  the  man  has  had,  the  circumstances  under  which 
the  furlough  is  requested,  etc.  Different  company  and  post  com- 
manders sometimes  have  different  views  and  policies  about  the 
matter,  but  the  general  practice  regarding  the  granting  of  furlough 
to  soldiers,  is  to  be  as  liberal  as  the  interests  of  the  service  will 
permit.     (Author) 

Transfer  of  Enlisted  Men 

46.  Transfers  made  only  for  good  reasons.  Transfers  of 
enlisted  men  from  one  organization  to  another  are  made  for  good 
reasons  only.  When  made  for  the  convenience  of  the  soldier  they 
are  made  at  his  expense.  The  rules  and  conditions  under  which 
transfers  are  effected  are  covered  in  the  Army  Regulations,  which 
should  be  consulted  whenever  a  case  comes  up.     (Author.) 

Deserters 

47.  Property  lost  in  consequence  of  desertion.  When  a  soldier 
deserts,  his  immediate  commanding  officer  will  at  once  ascertain 
whether  any  public  property  has  been  lost  in  consequence  thereof, 
and,  if  so,  will  proceed  as  in  the  case  of  property  lost  or  destroyed, 
and  the  values  of  the  articles  lost  will  be  charged  against  the  deserter 
on  the  next  pay  rolls  of  his  company. 

A  copy  of  the  approved  report  of  the  surveying  officer  will 
accompany  the  return  to  which  the  property  pertains.     (116) 

48.  Personal  effects  abandoned  by  deserter.  The  company  or 
detachment  commander  will  turn  over  the  clothing  abandoned  by 
a  deserter  to  the  quartermaster,  with  a  certificate  showing  its  condi- 
tion and  the  name  of  the  deserter  to  whom  it  belonged.  In  no  case 
will  the  money  or  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  effects  of  a  deserter  be 
turned  over  to  his  relatives,  nor  any  payment  made  therefrom  by 
an  officer  on  any  account  whatsoever.  All  other  personal  effects  of 
a  deserter  will  be  disposed  of  as  in  the  case  of  unclaimed  effects  of 
deceased  soldiers — i.  e.,  they  will  be  sold  by  a  council  of  administra- 
tion and  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  deposited  with  a  quartermaster. 

The  quartermaster's  receipt  for  the  money  deposited  as 
above  should  clearly  specify  the  nature  of  the  deposit — i.  e.,  whether 
for  the  proceeds  of  sale  of  effects  or  whether  for  the  undrawn  pay  of 
a  soldier  who  has  deserted — and  the  officer  responsible  should  furnish 
the  quartermaster  with  the  necessary  information.     Money  or  othe** 

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valuables  found  upon  an  apprehended  deserter  are  his  personal  pro- 
perty and  will  not  be  turned  over  to  a  quartermaster.     (117) 

49.  Deserters'  descriptive  lists.  When  a  soldier  deserts,  or  a 
general  prisoner  escapes,  from  a  post  or  station,  or  command  in  the 
field,  the  commanding  officer  will  cause  copies  of  descriptive  lists  of 
the  deserter,  or  escaped  general  prisoner,  to  be  at  once  prepared  on 
the  prescribed  form,  and  sent  to  such  marshals,  sheriffs,  and  police 
officers  as  he  may  deem  proper;  also  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  any 
recruiting  station  at  or  near  the  place  where  the  deserter  or  escaped 
general  prisoner  was  accepted  for  enlistment,  who  will  distribute  them 
to  the  best  advantage  among  civil  officers  in  that  vicinity  authorized 
by  existing  law  to  summarily  arrest  a  deserter  or  escaped  general 
prisoner  from  the  Army.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (118) 

50.  Notification  of  desertion  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  or  station,  or  of  troops  in 
the  field,  will  promptly  notify  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  on 
the  form  provided  for  that  purpose,  of  every  desertion  and  of  every 
escape  of  a  general  prisoner  from  his  command,  giving  the  full  name, 
company,  and  regiment  of  such  deserter  or  escaped  general  prisoner, 
with  date  of  enlistment  and  date  and  place  of  desertion  or  escape. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (119) 

51.  When  soldier  deserts  from,  or  when  deserter  is  received  at, 
post  other  than  station  of  his  company.  When  a  soldier  deserts  from 
or  when  a  deserter  is  received  at  a  post  other  than  the  station  of  his 
company  or  detachment,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  will 
report  the  fact  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  or  detach- 
ment, with  date  and  place  of  desertion,  apprehension,  or  surrender, 
and  such  additional  data  as  he  may  possess  requisite  to  the  prepara- 
tion of  charges.  If,  however,  a  deserter  whose  company  or  detach- 
ment is  stationed  in  Alaska  or  beyond  the  continental  limits  of  the 
United  States  is  received  at  a  station  within  the  United  States,  a 
similiar  report  will  also  be  made  to  the  War  Department.     (120) 

52.  Reward  for  apprehension  of  deserter  and  military  prisoner. 
A  reward  of  $50  will  be  paid  to  any  civil  officer  or  civilian  for  the 
apprehension  and  delivery,  to  the  proper  military  authorities  at  a 
military  post,  of  a  deserter  from  the  military  service,  except  a 
deserter  from  the  Philippine  Scouts,  for  whose  apprehension  and 
delivery  a  reward  of  $20  will  be  paid.  A  reward  of  $50  will  also  be 
paid  for  the  apprehension  of  delivery,  to  the  proper  military  authori- 
ties at  a  military  post,  of  an  escaped  military  prisoner.     No  reward 

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will  be  paid  in  the  case  of  a  deserter  or  of  an  escaped  military  prisoner 
who  is  serving  in  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  or  in  the  case 
of  a  deserter  whp,  subsequently  to  his  desertion,  has  been  dishonor- 
ably discharged  from  any  other  enlistment  in  the  Army,  or  who  can 
claim  exemption  from  punishment  under  the  thirty-ninth  article  of 
war.  The  reward  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps  and  will 
be  in  full  satisfaction  of  all  expenses  for  arresting,  keeping,  and  de- 
livering the  deserter  or  escaped  military  prisoner.  The  quartermaster 
making  the  payment  will  report  that  fact  to  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  organization  to  which  the  deserter  belongs  or  to  the  command- 
ing officer  of  the  military  post  or  prison  from  which  the  prisoner 
escaped.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (121) 

53.  Surrender  or  delivery  of  deserter  at  recruiting  station.     A 

reward  will  not  be  paid  by  a  recruiting  officer  for  the  delivery  of  a 
deserter  at  a  recruiting  station,  except  upon  express  authority  from 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  In  the  event  of  the  surrender  or 
of  the  delivery  of  a  deserter  to  a  recruiting  officer  the  latter  will  at 
once  telegraph  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  stating  whether 
the  deserter  is  physically  fit  for  service  and  requesting  instructions 
relative  to  the  disposition  to  be  made  of  him  and  the  payment  of  the 
reward.     (123) 

54.  Apprehension  or  surrender  of  deserter  at  post  other  than 
station  of  his  company.  When  a  report  is  received  of  the  apprehen- 
sion or  surrender  of  a  deserter  at  a  post  other  than  the  station  of  his 
company,  the  company  commander  will  immediately  forward  his  ser- 
vice record  and  the  names  of  the  witnesses  and  a  brief  statement  of 
the  evidence  expected  from  each,  together  with  a  complete  set  of 
charges  against  the  deserter,  to  the  officer  who  makes  the  report.  In 
cases  reported  to  the  War  Department  under  the  provisions  of  para- 
graph 120,  the  service  records  will  be  furnished  by  the  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army,  and  the  charges  will  then  be  preferred  at  the 
post  where  the  prisoner  is  held.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (124) 

55.  Prompt  trial;  not  to  be  paid;  clothes  to  be  worn.  Deserters 
will  be  brought  to  trial  with  the  least  practicable  delay.  While 
awaiting  trial  they  will  receive  no  pay,  nor  will  they  be  permitted  to 
sign  pay  rolls,  and  will  be  required  to  wear  the  clothes  worn  at  the 
time  of  arrest,  unless  it  should  be  imperative  to  issue  other  clothing, 
when,  as  far  as  practicable,  only  deserters'  or  other  unserviceable 
clothing  will  be  issued.     (129) 

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56.  Forfeiture  of  pay  and  allowances  and  making  good  time 
while  absent  without  authority.  An  enlisted  man  who  absents  him- 
self from  his  post  or  company  without  authority  wtfl  forfeit  all  pay 
and  allowances  thereafter  accruing  until  the  date  of  his  return  to 
military  control,  and  will  be  required  to  make  good  the  time  lost  by 
such  absence.  The  period  of  such  absence  will  not  be  regarded  as 
service  in  the  computation  of  continuous-service  pay  under  the  laws 
existing  prior  to  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  May  11,  1908,  or  for 
retirement.  No  man  will  be  reported  a  deserter  unless  the  company 
commander,  after  a  thorough  investigation,  has  reason  to  believe 
that  the  absentee  does  not  intend  to  return;  but  commanding  officers 
will  take  steps  to  apprehend  soldiers  absent  without  leave  as  soon  as 
the  fact  of  that  absence  is  reported.  Should  the  soldier  not  return, 
or  not  be  apprehended,  his  desertion  will  date  from  the  commence- 
ment of  the  unauthorized  absence.  An  absence  without  leave  of  less 
than  one  day  will  not  be  noted  upon  the  muster  rolls.     (132) 

RETIREMENT  OF  ENLISTED  MEN 

57.  Conditions  of  retirement.  When  an  enlisted  man  of  the 
Army  shall  have  served  as  such  for  30  years,  either  in  the  Army, 
Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  or  in  all,  he  may  apply  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  for  retirement,  the  application  to  be  forwarded 
directly  by  the  post  commander.  Upon  the  approval  of  the  application 
an  order  will  be  issued  from  the  War  Department  transferring  him 
to  the  retired  list  and  directing  that  transportation  in  kind  to  his 
home  and  commutation  of  subsistence  during  necessary  travel  be 
given  to  him.     (134) 

58.  Action  of  soldier's  immediate  commander  upon  receipt  of 
retirement  order.  Upon  receipt  of  the  order  for  retirement,  the 
soldier's  immediate  commanding  officer  will  furnish  him  with  a  final 
statement,  closing  his  accounts  of  pay,  deposits,  and  all  allowances 
other  than  those  of  travel,  as  of  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order; 
he  will  forward  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  a  descriptive 
list  and  pay  account  (Form  No.  94,  A.  G.  O.)  in  duplicate,  noting 
thereon  the  fact  that  a  final  statement  has  been  given,  the  continuous- 
service  pay  per  month  for  which  the  soldier  was  last  mustered,  his 
post-office  address  for  the  next  30  days,  and  the  place  selected  as  his 
home.  The  descriptive  list  and  pay  account  will  bear  the  soldier's 
signature,  or,  if  he  can  not  write,  a  statement  to  that  effect.  The  final 
statement  and  descriptive  list  and  pay  account  must  state  the  date  to 

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59-60 
which  subsistence  has  been  furnished,  also  whether  subsistence  while 
traveling  home  has  been  furnished,  and,  if  so,  for  what  dates.  A  dis- 
charge certificate  will  not  be  given,  but  the  soldier  will  be  dropped 
from  the  rolls, of  his  command  with  appropriate  explanatory  remarks. 
The  Quartermaster  Corps  will  be  notified  and  furnished  with  the 
soldier's  signature,  as  in  case  of  discharge.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (135) 

59.  Retired  pay.  Retired  enlisted  men  receive  three-fourths  of 
the  pay  of  the  grade  held  by  them  at  date  of  retirement.  In  addition 
to  this  they  are  entitled  to  $9.50  per  month  for  commutation  of  cloth- 
ing and  rations  and  $6.25  per  month  in  lieu  of  quarters,  fuel,  and 
light.     (137) 

DISCHARGE  AND  FINAL  STATEMENTS 
(See  pages  that  follow  for  "model"  discharge  and  final  statement) 

60.  Only  ways  a  soldier  can  be  discharged  before  expiration  of 
his  term  of  service.  An  enlisted  man  will  not  be  discharged  before  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  service  except — 

1.  By  order  of  the  President  or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

2.  By  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial  or  military  com- 
mission. 

3.  By  direction  of  the  commander  of  a  territorial  depart- 
ment or  mobolized  division,  by  purchase,  under  rules  governing  such 
discharge;  on  account  of  disability;  on  account  of  a  sentence  to  im- 
prisonment by  a  civil  court,  whether  suspended  or  not;  or  under  the 
provisions  of  paragraphs  126  and  148^   (see  par.  71  this  book). 

4.  In  compliance  with  an  order  of  one  of  the  United  States 
courts,  or  a  justice  or  judge  thereof,  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus.     (139) 


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61.  Final    statements   to    be    furnished    soldier    upon    discharge. 

When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged,  his  company  commander  will 
furnish  him  with  a  final  statement,  in  duplicate,  or  a  full  statement  in 
writing  of  the  reasons  why  such  final  statement  is  not  furnished.  A 
final  statement  will  not  be  furnished  to  a  soldier  who  has  forfeited 
all  pay  and  allowances  and  has  no  deposits  due  him.  If  he  has 
deposits,  a  final  statement  will  be  issued,  containing  a  full  statement, 
of,  the  soldier's  accounts  at  the  date  of  his  discharge,  in  order  that 
the  quartermaster  may  determine  whether  there  is  any  balance  of 
stoppages  which  should  be  collected  from  the  amount  due  for  deposits. 
When  the  discharge  is  made  on  certificate  of  disability  the  ascertained 
disability,  as  recited  in  the  certificate,  must  be  given  in  the  final 
statement  as  the  reason  or  cause  for  discharge.     (140) 

62.  Notation  on  final  statement  in  case  of  soldier  held  in  service 
to  make  good  time  absent  without  leave.  When  a  soldier  is  held  in 
service  to  make  good  time  absent  without  leave  under  paragraph  132 
(par.  56,  this  book)  his  final  statement  will  contain  notation  to  that 
effect,  and  will  also  set  forth  the  specific  dates  of  the  unauthorized 
absence  or  absences.  The  quartermaster  will  make  deduction  of  pay 
for  only  such  unauthorized  absence  as  is  shown  to  have  occurred  since 
the  date  to  which  the  soldier  was  last  paid  as  given  in  the  final  state- 
ment, unless  the  final  statement  contains  specific  notation  that  de- 
duction should  also  be  made  for  unauthorized  absences  occurring 
prior  to  such  date. 

Any  overpayments  resulting  from  the  failure  of*  an  officer 
to  make  proper  entry  of  unauthorized  absence  in  stating  the  account 
of  an  enlisted  man  for  pay  for  the  period  during  which  the  absence 
occurred,  either  on  pay  rolls  or  final  statement,  will  be  charge  against 
such  officer.     (141) 

63.  Notation  on  discharge  and  final  statement  in  case  of  dis- 
charge prior  to  expiration  of  term  of  service.  Whenever  an  enlisted 
man  is  discharged  from  the  Army  prior  to  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  service,  the  actual  cause  of  discharge  will  be  stated  in  the  order 
directing  the  discharge  and  fully  stated  on  the  discharge  certificate 
and  on  the  final  statement.  Where  a  discharge  is  ordered  on  account 
of  the  soldier's  misconduct,  or  unfitness  for  the  service,  physical  or 
in  character,  due  to  the  soldier's  misconduct,  a  statement  to  that  effect 
will  be  set  forth  in  the  order  and  will  be  noted  on  the  discharge  certi- 
ficate and  final  statement.  Officers  signing  final  statements  will  be 
careful  to  see  that  these  notations  are  made  in  all  cases,  as  the  cause 

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of  discharge  determines  the  soldier's  right  to  travel  allowances,  and 
the  mere  quotation  of  the  number  and  date  of  the  order  upon  which 
discharge  is  based  is  insufficient  as  a  guide  to  proper  payment.     (142) 

64.  Date  discharge  takes  effect.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  dis- 
charged by  expiration  of  service,  his  discharge  will  take  effect  on  the 
last  day  thereof — i.  e.,  if  enlisted  on  the  second  day  of  the  month  his 
term  will  expire  on  the  first  day  of  the  same  month  in  the  last  year  of 
his  term  of  enlistment. 

When  a  soldier  immediately  reenlists  after  discharge,  the  re- 
enlistment  will  be  completed  on  and  fr£ar  the  date  of  the  day  follow- 
ing that  of  discharge.     His  pay  will  then  be  continuous.     (143) 

65.  Discharge  by  purchase.  Rules  governing  discharge  by  pur- 
chase and  by  reason  of  dependent  parent  will  be  published  from  time 
to  time  by  the  War  Department.     (144) 

66.  Applications  for  discharge  of  enlisted  men  in  hands  of  civil 
authorities  need  not  be  accompanied  by  court  transcripts.  Tran- 
scripts from  records  of  civil  courts  need  not  accompany  applications 
for  discharge  of  enlisted  men  sentenced  to  imprisonment  by  such 
courts.  The  official  statement  of  the  company  commander  to  that 
effect  is  sufficient.     (146) 

67.  Soldier  to  be  given  certificate  of  discharge  upon  discharge. 
A  soldier,  on  his  discharge  from  the  service,  will  be  given  a  certi- 
ficate of  discharge  signed  by  a  field  officer  of  his  regiment  or  corps. 
or  by  the  commanding  officer  when  no  field  officer  is  present.  When 
more  than  one  field  officer  of  the  regiment  or  corps  is  present,  the 
commanding  officer  may  designate  the  particular  field  officer  to  per- 
form this  duty,  and  in  any  case  the  commanding  officer  may  require 
the  discharge  to  be  submitted  to  him  before  delivery  to  the  soldier. 
(147) 

68.  Explanatory  notation  on  discharge  certificate  when  soldier 
has  been  kept  in  service  beyond  term  of  enlistment.  When  the  dates 
on  a  discharge  certificate  show  that  a  soldier  has  been  retained  in 
service  beyond  the  term  of  his  enlistment  an  explanatory  notation 
will  be  made  on  the  certificate  as  follows: 

In  cases  where  the  soldier  was  retained  in  service  to  make 
good  any  time  in  excess  of  one  day  lost  by  unauthorized  absences,  or 
on  account  of  disease  resulting  from  his  own  intemperate  use  of  drugs 
or  alcoholic  liquors  or  other  misconduct,  or  while  in  confinement 
awaiting  trial  or  disposition  of  his  case  if  the  trial  results  in  convic- 
tion, or  while  in  confinement  under  sentence,  the  notation  will  read: 

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"Retained    in    service — days    after    expiration    of    term    of    enlistment 
pursuant  to  act  of  April  27,  1914. 

In  cases  where  the  soldier  was  retained  in  service  for  the 
convenience  of  the  Government  the  notations  will  read:  "Retained  in 
service — days  after  expiration  of  term  of  enlistment  for  the  con- 
venience of  the  Government.     (\A7l/2) 

69.  Character  given  on  discharge  to  be  certified  to  by  company 
commander.  The  character  given  on  a  discharge,  except  when  the 
discharge  is  given  under  the  provisions  of  A.  R.  148^2  (see  par.  171, 
this  book),  will  be  certified  to  by  the  company,  or  detachment  com- 
mander, and  great  care  will  be  taken  that  no  injustice  is  done  the 
soldier.     (148) 

70.  When  reenlistment  should  not  be  recommended,  soldier  to 
be  notified  at  least  30  days  prior  to  discharge.  Where,  upon  expira- 
tion of  term  of  service,  the  company  or  detachment  commander  is 
of  the  opinion  that  the  soldier's  reenlistment  should  not  be  recom- 
mended, he  shall,  if  practicable,  so  notify  the  soldier  at  least  30  days 
prior  to  discharge,  and  shall  at  the  same  time  notify  the  commanding 
officer,  who  will  in  every  such  case  convene  a  board  of  officers,  three 
if  practicable,  to  determine  whether  the  soldier's  reenlistment  should 
or  should  not  be  recommended  and  the  kind  of  discharge  that  should 
be  given  to  him  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  150.  The  soldier 
will  in  every  case  be  given  a  hearing  before  the  board. 

If  the  company  or  detachment  commander  is  also  the  com- 
manding officer,  he  will  report  the  facts  to  the  next  higher  com- 
mander, who  will  convene  the  board.  The  finding  of  the  board,  when 
approved  by  the  convening  authority,  will  be  final. 

The  proceedings  of  the  boards  convened  under  this  para- 
graph, showing  all  facts  pertinent  to  the  inquiry,  will  be  forwarded 
by  the  reviewing  authority  directly  to  The  Adjutant  of  the  Army  for 
file.     (148) 

71.  Discharge  because  of  inaptitude,  physical  or  moral  disquali- 
fication due  to  misconduct,  etc.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  inapt,  or 
does  not  possess  the  required  degree  of  adaptability  for  military  ser- 
vice, or  gives  evidence  of  habits  or  traits  of  character  which  serve  to 
render  his  retention  in  the  service  undesirable,  or  is  disqualified  for 
service,  physically  or  in  character,  through  his  own  misconduct,  his 
company  or  detachment  commander  will  report  the  facts  to  the  com- 
manding officer,  who  will  convene  a  board  of  officers,  three  if  practi- 
cable, to  determine  whether  or  not  the  soldier  should  be  discharged 

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prior  to  the  expiration  to  his  term  of  enlistment.  If  the  company  or 
detachment  commander  is  also  the  commanding  officer,  he  will  report 
the  facts  to  the  next  higher  commander,  who  will  convene  the  board. 
When  the  findings  of  the  board  indicate  disqualification  through 
physical  disability,  the  proceedings  will  be  accompanied  by  certi- 
ficate of  disability.  If  discharge  be  recommended,  the  board  will  also 
recommend  the  character  to  be  given  on  the  discharge,  and  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  board,  when  approved  by  the  convening  authority, 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  officer  exercising  general  court-martial  juris- 
diction over  the  command  for  final  action.  If  the  findings  of  the 
board  are  approved,  the  proceedings  will  then  be  sent  to  the  officer 
who  makes  the  discharge  and  will  be  forwarded  by  him  to  The  Ad- 
jutant General  of  the  Army  for  file. 

The  discharge  to  be  given  to  soldiers  discharged  under  the 
provisions  of  this  paragraph  will  in  all  cases  be  that  prescribed  by 
section  3  of  paragraph  150  (see  par.  72,  this  book).     (148^) 

72.  Blank  forms  for  discharge  and  final  statements, — where  kept 
and  how  used.  Blank  forms  for  discharge  and  final  statements  will  be 
furnished  by  the  Adjutant  General's  Department,  and  will  be  retained 
in  the  personal  custody  of  company  commanders.  Discharge  certi- 
ficates will  be  used  in  the  discharge  of  enlisted  men  and  for  no  other 
purpose,  and  will  be  of  three  classes:  For  honorable  discharge,  for 
discharge,  and  for  dishonorable  discharge.  They  will  be  used  as 
follows: 

1.  The  blank  for  honorable  discharge,  when  the  soldier  is 
discharged — 

a.  Upon  expiration  of  term  of  service,  where  the  soldier's 
conduct  has  been  such  as  to  warrant  his  reenlist- 
ment  and  his  service  has  been  honest  and  faithful. 

b.  Upon  certificate  of  disability,  when  the  disability  in- 
curred is  in  line  of  duty  and  is  incident  to  the  service. 

c.  Prior  to  expiration  of  term  of  service,  for  the  con- 
venience of  the  Government,  when  the  soldier's  con- 
duct has  been  such  as  to  warrant  his  reenlistment  and 
his  service  has  been  honest  and  faithful. 

2.  The  blank  for  dishonorable  discharge,  for  dishonorable 
discharge  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  or  a  military  commission. 

3.  The  blank  for  discharge  when  the  soldier  is  discharged 
except  as  specified  under  sections  1  and  2  of  this  paragraph.     (150) 

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73.  Discharge  certificates  not  to  be  made  in  duplicate;  action  in 
case  of  loss  or  destruction.  Discharge  certificates  will  not  be  made  in 
duplicate.  Upon  satisfactory  proof  of  the  loss  or  destruction  of  a 
discharge  certificate,  without  the  fault  of  the  person  entitled  to  it, 
the  War  Department  may  issue  to  such  person  a  certificate  of  service, 
showing  date  of  enlistment  in,  and  discharge  from  the  Army  and 
character  given  on  discharge  certificate.  An  application  for  certificate 
in  lieu  of  lost  or  destroyed  discharge  certificate  will  be  forwarded  by 
the  applicant's  immediate  commanding  officer  directly  to  The  Ad- 
jutant General  of  the  Army.  Discharge  certificates  must  not  be  for- 
warded to  the  War  Department  in  correspondence  unless  called  for. 
(151) 

74.  Discharge  takes  effect  on  date  of  notice  to  soldier.  The  dis- 
charge of  a  soldier  takes  effect  on  the  date  of  notice  to  him  of  such 
discharge,  either  actual,  by  delivery  of  the  discharge  certificate,  or 
constructive,  as  where  such  delivery  cannot  be  made  owing  to  his 
absence  for  his  own  convenience  or  through  his  own  fault,  in  which 
case  the  receipt,  at  the  soldier's  proper  station,  of  the  order  directing 
his  discharge  will  be  deemed  sufficient  notice.  In  the  latter  case  the 
date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  and  the  reason  why  actual  notice 
thereof  was  not  given  to  the  soldier  will  be  entered  upon  the  muster 
roll  which  shows  the  separation  of  the  soldier  from  the  service,  and 
will  be  indorsed  upon  the  discharge  certificate  should  one  have  been 
prepared.  The  date  of  discharge  on  the  final  statement  must  be  the 
same  as  that  on  the  discharge  certificate.  If  a  soldier  is  absent  in 
desertion  when  the  order  for  his  discharge  is  received,  the  discharge 
will  not  be  executed,  but  the  soldier  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls 
as  a  deserter.  The  dishonorable  discharge  of  a  soldier  against  whom 
general  court-martial  charges  are  pending  will  be  deferred  until  the 
charges  are  finally  disposed  of  by  the  officer  exercising  general  court- 
martial  jurisdiction.     (152) 

75.  When  notification  of  discharge  is  furnished  quartermaster 
paying  final  statement.  Notification  of  discharge  will  be  furnished 
only  in  case  of  an  enlisted  man  discharged  at  a  place  at  which  there 
is  no  available  officer  provided  with  funds  to  make  payment  on  final 
statement.  In  these  cases  the  officer  who  prepares  the  final  state- 
ment will,  at  least  one  week  before  the  discharge  takes  effect,  send 
by  mail  to  the  quartermaster  who  is  to  pay  the  account  a  notification 
of  discharge,  stating  therein  in  his  own  handwriting  the  date  of  last 
payment  to  the  soldier,  and  his  credits  and  debits  both  in  words  and 

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figures,  and  other  data  essential  for  proper  payment  or  identification. 
The  officer  will  require  the  soldier  to  affix  his  signature  to  the  noti- 
fication or  if  he  can  not  write  his  name  such  fact  will  be  stated  thereon. 
Blank  forms  for  this  notification  will  be  supplied  by  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army.  The  officer  issuing  the  final  statement  will 
inform  the  discharged  soldier  of  the  location  of  the  quartermaster 
to  whom  he  shall  apply  for  payment. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  overpayment  caused  by  erroneous 
final  statement  will  be  charged  against  the  officer  who  signed  the 
statement. 

In  cases  arising  under  A.  R.  139  (see  par.  60,  this  book)  the 
notification,  when  required,  will  be  sent  to  the  quartermaster  as  soon 
as  possible  after  the  order  for  discharge  reaches  the  officer  who 
prepares  and  signs  the  final  statement,  and,  in  any  event,  before  the 
discharge  certificate  and  final  statement  are  signed.     (155) 

76.  Discharge  of  soldier  whose  term  of  enlistment  expires  while 
serving  sentence  or  awaiting  trial  or  result  of  trial.  When  a  soldier 
is  sentenced  by  court-martial  to  confinement  without  dishonorable 
discharge,  for  a  period  extending  beyond  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  enlistment,  he  will  be  discharged  on  the  date  of  the  expiration  of 
the  term  of  enlistment,  but  will  be  held  to  serve  out  his  sentence.  If 
an  honorable  discharge  is  given  to  the  soldier,  he  can  be  reenlisted 
before  the  expiration  of  the  period  of  his  confinement  only  upon  the 
remission  by  competent  military  authority  of  the  unexecuted  portion 
of  his  sentence.  When,  however,  a  soldier's  term  of  enlistment 
expires  while  he  is  awaiting  trial  or  sentence,  he  will  be  discharged 
on  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  an  order  publishing  the  case  or  otherwise 
disposing  of  it,  and  the  discharge  certificate  will  be  dated  accordingly. 
The  discharge  certificate  will  be  delivered  to  the  man  on  his  release 
from  confinement  and  not  until  then.  Dn  the  date  of  the  discharge 
personal  notice  thereof  will  be  given  to  the  soldier  by  an  officer,  and 
the  fact  that  such  notice  was  given  will  be  entered  on  the  guard 
report,  and  the  morning  report,  and  will  be  indorsed  upon  the  dis- 
charge certificate.     (157) 

CERTIFICATES  OF  DISABILITY 

77.  Discharge  on  certificate  of  disability.  When  an  enlisted  man 
is  permanently  unfitted  for  military  service  because  of  wounds  or 
disease,  he  should,  if  practicable,  be  discharged  on  certificate  of  dis- 
ability before  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  service  in  which  the  dis- 
ability was  incurred.     (159) 

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The  post  surgeon  is  the  one  who  takes  the  initiative  in  the 
matter,  and  who  prepares  the  certificate  of  disability  after  the  soldier 
has  been  examined  by  a  board  of  medical  officers  appointed  in  com- 
pliance with  existing  regulations  on  the  subject.     (Author) 

DECEASED  SOLDIERS 

78.  Notifying  nearest  relative.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any 
person  subject  to  military  law,  it  will  be  the  duty  of  his  immediate 
commanding  officer  to  secure  his  effects,  and  immediately  to  notify 
the  nearest  relative  of  the  fact  of  death.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  55.) 
(162) 

79.  Reports  in  case  of  death  of  soldier.  The  following  reports 
are  required  by  the  War  Department  in  the  case  of  the  death  of  a  sol- 
dier in  the  active  service: 

(a)  Report  of  death  and  disposal  of  remains  (Form  No.  415, 
A.  G.  O.)  to  be  made  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station 
or  of  a  command  in  the  field,  and  forwarded  directly  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  as  soon  as  practicable  after  final  disposition  has 
been  made  of  the  remains. 

(b)  Report  of  the  surgeon  or  of  the  soldier's  immediate  com- 
manding officer  if  there  is  no  medical  officer  with  the  command, 
embodying  (1)  cause  of  death,  (2)  whether  or  not  death  occurred  in 
line  of  duty,  and  (3)  whether  death  was  or  was  not  the  result  of  the 
soldier's  own  misconduct.  This  report  will  be  forwarded  without 
delay  through  military  channels. 

(c)  One  final  statement  (Form  No.  370,  War  Department). 

(d)  Report  of  board  of  officers  in  case  of  death  of  a  soldier  from 
other  than  natural  causes.  The  testimony  of  all  witnesses  will  be 
recorded  and  incorporated  in  the  proceedings  of  the  board.  If  the 
witnesses  are  not  available  to  appear  before  the  board,  certificates  of 
officers  and  affidavits  of  enlisted  men  and  civilians  will  be  obtained 
and  appended  to  the  proceedings.  The  finding  of  the  board  will 
include  a  statement  embodying  (1)  the  date,  place,  and  cause  of  death, 
(2)  the  manner  or  circumstances  under  which  it  occurred,  (3)  whether 
or  not  death  was  in  line  of  duty,  and  (4)  whe/her  it  was  or  was  not  the 
result  of  the  soldier's  own  misconduct. 

(e)  Inventories  of  effects  in  duplicate  (Form  No.  34,  A.  G.  O.), 
both  copies  properly  signed. 

The  report  (b)   of  the  surgeon  or  soldier's  immediate  com- 
manding officer  will  be  accompanied  with  the  final  statement  (c)  and 

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with  the  report  of  the  board  of  officers  (d),  unless  the  latter  is  unduly 
delayed.  It  will  also  be  accompanied  with  the  inventories  of  effects 
(e),  if  the  effects  are  turned  over  to  the  legal  representative  or  widow 
of  the  deceased;  otherwise  the  inventories  will  be  forwarded  with 
letter  of  transmittal  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  through 
military  channels,  as  soon  as  the  effects  are  converted  into  cash  under 
the  provisions  of  the  one  hundred  and  twelfth  article  of  war. 

The  report  of  the  inquest  referred  to  in  the  one  hundred  and 
thirteenth  article  of  war  will  be  filed  at  the  headquarters  of  the  post 
or  station  at  which  death  occurred.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     {\62l/2) 

80.  Disposition  of  effects  of  deceased  persons.  Officers  charged 
with  the  care  and  custody  of  the  effects  of  deceased  persons  subject 
to  military  law  are  required  under  the  provisions  of  the  one  hundred 
and  twelfth  article  of  war  to  deliver  the  same,  or  the  net  proceeds 
thereof,  to  the  legal  representative  or  widow  of  the  deceased,  and  to 
forward  the  receipts  therefor  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 
Should  the  effects  of  a  deceased  person  not  be  claimed  within  a 
reasonable  period  of  time,  they  will  be  converted  into  cash  by  the 
summary  court,  not  earlier  than  30  days  after  the  date  of  death,  and 
the  proceeds,  with  any  cash  belonging  to  the  deceased,  will  be 
deposited  with  a  Quartermaster  of  the  Army/  Duplicate  receipts 
showing  clearly  the  nature  of  the  deposit  will  be  taken,  one  of  which 
will  be  sent  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and  the  other 
retained  with  the  appropriate  records.  Watches,  trinkets,  personal 
papers,  and  keepsakes,  will  be  delivered  to  the  legal  representative 
or  widow  with  the  other  effects.  When  the  effects  are  converted  into 
cash,  watches,  trinkets,  personal  papers,  and  keepsakes  will  not  be 
sold,  but  will  be  labeled  with  the  name,  grade,  and  organization  of 
the  owner  and  sent  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  to 
be  forwarded  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  the  benefit 
of  those  legally  entitled  to  them.  Clothing  effects  will  not  be  sent  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  nor  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department.  There  is  no  authority  for  officers  to  pay  the  debts  of 
deceased  soldiers. 

The  foregoing  provisions  will  also  apply,  as  far  as  practicable, 
in  the  cases  of  deceased  soldiers  on  the  retired  list  of  the  Army  whose 
effects  may  be  under  the  control  of  the  military  authorities.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  55.     (163) 

80-a.     Statement  of  proceeds  to  accompany  quartermaster's  receipt. 
In  all  cases  of  sale  of  effects  of  deceased  persons  as  contemplated  by 

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the  one  hundred  and  twelfth  article  of  war  a  detailed  statement  of  the 
proceeds,  duly  certified  by  the  summary  court,  will  accompany  the 
quartermaster's  receipt  forwarded  by  the  summary  court  to  The 
Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     The  statement  will  be  indorsed: 

Report  of  the   proceeds   of  the  effects   of  > — ,   who   died  at  , 

the —  day  of  .     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)      (164) 

80-b.  Application  for  arrears  of  pay  and  proceeds  of  sale.  Applica- 
tions for  arrears  of  pay  and  proceeds  of  sale  of. effects  of  deceased 
soldiers  should  be  addressed  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department, 
Washington,    D.  C.     (C.  A   R.,  No.  55.)     (165) 

80-c  Accounts  of  deceased  soldiers  settled  by  Auditor  for  War 
Department;  order  of  distribution.  The  accounts  of  deceased  soldiers 
are  settled  by  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  and  the  following 
is  the  order  of  distribution  provided  for  by  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  June  30,  1906  (34  Stat.  L.,  750): 

Where  the  amount  due  the  decedent's  estate  is  less  than  five  hundred 
dollars  and  no  demand  is  presented  by  a  duly  appointed  legal  representative  of  the 
estate,  the  accounting  officers  may  allow  the  amount  found  due  to  the  decedent's 
widow  or  legal  hei'rs  in  the  following  order  of  precedence:  First,  to  the  widow; 
second,  if  decedent  left  no  widow,  or  the  widow  be  dead  at  time  of  settlement,  then 
to  the  children  or  their  issue,  per  stirpes;  third,  if  no  widow  or  descendants,  then 
to  the  father  and  mother  in  equal  parts,  provided  the  father  has  not  abandoned  the 
support  of  his  family,  in  which  case  to  the  mother  alone;  fourth,  if  either  the  father 
or  mother  be  dead,  then  to  the  one  surviving;  fifth,  if  there  be  no  widow,  child, 
father,  or  mother  at  the  date  of  settlement,  then  to  the  brothers  and  sisters  and  chil- 
dren of  deceased  brothers  and  sisters,  per  stirpes:  Provided,  That  this  act  shall  not 
be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  payment  from  the  amount  due  the  decedent's  estate 
of  funeral  expenses,  provided  a  claim  therefor  is  presented  by  the  person  or  persons 
who  actually  paM  the  same  before  settlement  by  the  accounting  officers. 

When  the  amount  due  to  the  decedent's  estate,  exceeds  the 
sum  of  $500  legal  administration  of  the  estate  is  necessary. 

Officers  are  advised  that,  in  the  cases  of  single  men,  it  is  a 
safe  rule  to  dispose  of  the  effects  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  163  and 
leave  the  responsibility  of  distribution  to  the  Treasury  Department. 
(166) 

81.  Shipment  of  remains  to  home  of  deceased.  The  remains  of  a 
deceased  enlisted  man  on  the  active  list  may  be  shipped  to  the  home 
of  the  decedent  or  to  a  national  cemetery  for  interment.  When  death 
occurs  in  the  United  States  or  Alaska,  and  early  shipment  is  practi- 
cable, the  remains  will  be  prepared  for  shipment  and  the  nearest  rela- 
tive notified  by  telegraph  with  request  to  reply  by  telegraph,  stating 
whether   or   not   it   is   desired   to   have   the   remains   shipped   home   at 

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Government  expense,  and  if  shipment  home  is  desired  to  designate  the 
destination  and  the  name  of  the  person  to  whom  the  remains  are  to 
be  consigned;  in  which  case  the  remains  will  be  transported  to  the 
point  designated  and  the  consignee  notified  by  telegraph.  Should 
the  nearest  relative  state  that  it  is  not  desired  to  have  the  remains 
shipped  home,  or  if  it  is  impossible  to  ascertain  the  relative's  desire 
within  a  reasonable  time,  interment  will  be  made  in  the  nearest  military 
post  or  national  cemetery,  or  if  the  commanding  officer  deem  proper, 
at  the  place  of  death.  If  the  relatives  direct  that  the  remains  be  not 
shipped  home  and  they  are  interred  at  the  expense  of  the  Government, 
subsequent  disinterment  or  shipment  of  the  remains  at  the  request  of 
the  relatives  will  not  be  made  at  Government  expense. 

When  it  is  impracticable  to  ship  the  remains  at  the  time  of 
death,  or  if  it  is  impossible  to  communicate  with  the  relatives  before 
interment,  the  remains  may  be  subsequently  disinterred  and  shipped 
home  at  Government  expense  at  the  request  of  the  relatives. 

Transportation  may  be  used  for  one  attendant  to  accom- 
pany the  remains  shipped,  provided  the  cost  to  the  Government  of 
shipping  the  remains  by  express  is  not  thereby  exceeded. 

The  officer  under  whose  direction  the  disposition  of  the 
remains  is  made  will  forward  a  full  report  thereof  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army.     (167) 

WORKING  PARTIES:     EXTRA  AND  SPECIAL  DUTY  MEN 

82.  Working  troops.  Troops  will  not  be  employed  in  labors 
that  interfere  with  their  military  duties  except  in  cases  of  necessity. 
(168) 

82-a.  Extra  and  Special  Duty.  Enlisted  men  detailed  to  perform- 
specific  services  which  remove  them  temporarily  from  the  ordinary 
duty  roster  of  the  organization  to  which  they  belong  will  be  reported 
on  extra  duty  if  receiving  increased  compensation  therefor,  otherwise 
on  special  duty.  They  will  not  be  placed  on  extra  duty  without  the 
sanction  of  the  department  commander,  except  at  posts  commanded 
by  general  officers;  they  will  not  be  employed  on  extra  duty  in  time 
of  war,  nor  in  time  of  peace  for  labor  in  camp  or  garrison  which  can 
properly  be  performed  by  fatigue  parties.  Duty  of  a  military  charac- 
ter must  be  performed  without  extra  compensation.     (169) 

83.  Detailing  noncommissioned  officers  on  special  duty.  Except 
in  case  of  emergency,  a  noncommissioned  officer  will  not  be  detailed 
on  extra  duty  without  the  authority  of  the  department  commander  or 
of  a  general  officer  commanding  the  post. 

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A  noncommissioned  officer  will  not  be  detailed  on  any  duty 
inconsistent  with  his  rank  and  position  in  the  military  service.     (171) 

84.  Certain  not  to  be  detailed  on  extra  duty.  Company 
mechanics,  farriers,  horseshoer,  saddlers,  and  wagoners  will  not  be 
detailed  on  extra  duty.     (173) 

85.  Extra  and  special  duty  men  to  attend  inspections,  etc.  Extra 
and  special  duty  men  will  not  be  excused  from  Saturday  inspection 
and  will  attend  as  many  drills  and  other  formations  as  the  command- 
ing officer  deems  practicable.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (175) 

REGIMENTS  AND  BATTALIONS 

86.  Regiment  is  administrative  unit.  In  the  cavalry,  field  artil- 
lery, and  infantry  the  regiment  is  the  administrative  unit.     (245) 

87.  Composition  of  regiment.  The  regiment  is  composed  of  two 
or  three  (normally  three)  battalions  which,  in  turn  are  cornposed  of 
two  or  more   (normally  four)   companies.     (245) 

88.  Battalion  not  an  administrative  unit.  The  battalion,  in  a 
regiment,  is  not  an  administrative  unit  and  has  no  separate  records; 
it  is  purely  a  tactical  unit  conveniently  organized  for  instruction  or 
maneuver,  and  particularly  for  combat,  either  as  integral  part  of  the 
regiment  to  which  it  belongs  or  separated  from  it.  It  is  appropriately 
commanded  by  a  field  officer,  normally  a  major,  regularly  assigned 
in  orders.  In  the  absence  of  its  regular  commander  the  command 
devolves  upon  the  senior  officer  of  the  battalion  on  duty  with  it, 
unless  a  field  officer  has  been  assigned  as  contemplated  in  paragraph 
247.  Whenever  incomplete  battalions  of  the  same  or  different  regi- 
ments are  serving  together,  the  commanding  officer  may  designate 
provisional  battalions,  and  similarly,  in  the  case  of  incomplete  regi- 
ments,  he    may    designate   provisional    regiments.      (245) 

89.  Regulations  governing  battalions  not  organized  into  regi- 
ments. The  regulations  relating  to  regiments  apply  to  battalions  not 
organized  into  regiments  unless  otherwise  specially  provided.     (245) 

Battalions  not  organized  into  regiments  are  called  "separate" 
or  "independent  battalions."  The  only  battalions  in  the  Army  today 
that  are  not  organized  into  regiments  are  the  Philippine  Scout  batta- 
lions.    (Author) 

90.  Battalion  commander  responsible  for  condition  of  battalion. 
A  battalion  commander  is  responsible  for  the  instruction,  tactical 
efficiency,  and  preparedness  for  war  service  of  the  troops  of  his 
battalion  under  his  immediate  command.     (245) 

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91.  Certain  correspondence  to  pass  through  battalion  com-' 
mander.  Correspondence  relating  to  the  personnel,  instruction,  dis- 
cipline, or  equipment  of  a  company,  battery  or  troop  in  battalion  or 
squadron,  will  pass  through  the  battalion  or  squadron  commander. 
No  official  record,  however,  of  such  correspondence  will  be  kept  by  the 
battalion  or  squadron  commander.     (245) 

92.  Regimental  commander  responsible  for  condition  of  regi- 
ment. A  regimental  commander  is  responsible  for  the  instruction, 
tactical  efficiency,  and  preparedness  for  war  service  of  the  troops 
under  his   immediate  command.      (246) 

93.  Regimental  commander  to  encourage  harmony  amongst 
officers  of  command.  The  regimental  commander  will  encourage 
among  his  officers  harmonious  relations  and  a  friendly  spirit  of  emu- 
lation in  the  performance  of  duty.  His  timely  interference  to  prevent 
disputes,  his  advice  to  the  inexperienced,  and  immediate  censure  of 
any  conduct  liable  to  produce  dissension  in  the  command  or  to  reflect 
discredit  upon  it,  are  of  great  importance  in  securing  and  maintaining 
its  efficiency.  In  such  efforts  he  will  receive  the  loyal  support  of 
their  subordinates.     (246) 

94.  Regimental  staff.  The  regimental  staff  officers  are  appointed 
from  the  captains,  and  consist  of  the  regimental  adjutant  and  the 
regimental  supply  officer,  and  they  will  be  so  designated,  respectively. 
They  are  appointed  by  the  regimental  commander,  who  will  at  once 
report  his  action  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     (248) 

95.  Battalion  staff.  The  battalion  staff  consists  of  the  adjutant, 
who  will  be  designated  as  the  battalion  (or  squadron)  adjutant  and, 
except  in  the  battalions  of  Engineers,  is  appointed  by  the  regimental 
commander  after  consultation  with  the  battalion  commander.  When 
a  battalion  is  detached  and  serving  at  such  a  distance  from  regimental 
headquarters  that  more  than  15  days  are  required  for  exchange  of 
correspondence  by  mail,  the  battalion  adjutant  is  appointed  by  the 
battalion  commander,  who  will  immediately  notify  the  regimental 
commander  and  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     (248) 

96.  Length  of  tours  of  duty  of  regimental  and  battalion  staff 
officers.  The  tour  of  duty  of  a  regimental  staff  officer  is  limited  to 
four  years  and  that  of  battalion  staff  officer  to  two  years.  Having 
completed  a  tour  of  duty  as  a  regimental  or  battalion  staff  officer,  an 
officer  must  serve  at  least  two  years  as  a  company  officer  before  he 
is  again  eligible  for  a  second  tour.     (Author,  based  on  A.  R.  249.) 

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97.  The  National  Anthem.  The  composition  consisting  of  the 
words  and  music  known  as  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  is  designated 
the  national  anthem  of  the  United  States  of  America.     (264) 

TROOPS,  BATTERIES,  AND  COMPANIES 

98.  Detaching  of  captains  to  be  limited  to  requirements  of  law. 

The  details  of  captains  on  detached  service  away  from  their  arm  of 
the  service  will  be  limited,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  those  required  by 
law.     (265) 

99.  Company  commander  responsible  for  instruction,  administra- 
tion, etc.,  of  company.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  company  is 
responsible  for  the  instruction,  tactical  efficiency,  and  preparedness 
for  war  service  of  his  company;  for  its  appearance  and  discipline; 
for  the  care  and  preservation  of  its  equipment;  and  for  the  proper 
performance  of  duties  connected  with  its  subsistence,  pay,  clothing, 
accounts,  reports,  and  returns.     (266) 

100.  Command  of  company  devolves  on  next  in  rank  in  captain's 
absence.  In  the  absence  of  its  captain,  the  command  of  a  company 
devolves  upon  the  subaltern  next  in  rank  who  is  serving  with  it,  unless 
otherwise  specially  directed.      (267)  , 

101.  Assignment  to  command  of  company  in  case  of  absence  of  all 
company  officers.  In  the  absence  of  all  the  officers  of  a  company,  the 
post  commander  will  assign  an  officer,  preferably  of  the  same  regi- 
ment to  its  command.  If  there  be  no  officer  available,  the  fact  will  be 
reported  to  the  department  commander.     (268) 

102.  Captains  to  require  lieutenants  to  assist  in  performance  of 
company  duties.  Captains  will  require  their  lieutenants  to  assist  in 
the  performance  of  all  company  duties,  including  the  keeping  of 
records  and  the  preparation  of  the  necessary  reports  and  returns. 
(269) 

103.  Company  noncommissioned  officers, — selection,  instruction, 
etc.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  be  carefully  selected  and  instruc- 
ted, and  always  supported  by  company  commanders  in  the  proper 
performance  of  their  duties.  They  will  not  be  detailed  for  any  duty 
nor  permitted  to  engage  in  any  occupation  inconsistent  with  their 
rank  and  position.  Officers  will  be  cautious  in  reproving  them  in  the 
presence  or  hearing  of  private  soldiers.     (270) 

104.  Appointment  of  company  noncommissioned  officers.  Com- 
pany   noncommissioned    officers    are    appointed    by    regimental    com- 

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manders  on  the  recommendation  of  their  company  commanders; 
but  in  no  case  will  any  company  have  an  excess  of  noncommissioned 
officers  above  that  allowed  bylaw. 

When  a  battalion  is  detached  from  regimental  headquarters 
the  company  noncommissioned  officers  are,  upon  the  recommendation 
of  their  company  commander,  temporarily  appointed  by  the  battalion 
commander;  who  will  immediately  notify  the  regimental  commander, 
and  such  temporary  appointment  will  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from 
the  date  it  is  made  and  will  continue  in  force  and  effect  from  that  date 
if  it  be  approved  by  the  regimental  commander.  If  the  regimental 
commander  disapproves  the  appointment,  then  the  increased  rank  and 
pay  will  cease  upon  the  receipt  of  notice  of  such  approval. 

The  noncommissioned  officers  of  Coast  Artillery  Corps  com- 
panies, upon  the  recommendation  of  the  company  commanders,  are 
appointed  by  coast  defense  commanders. 

When  a  company  is  serving  in  a  different  department  from 
its  regimental  headquarters  and  at  such  a  distance  therefrom  that 
more  than  15  days  are  required  for  an  exchange  of  correspondence 
by  mail,  company  noncommissioned  officers  and  wagoners  for  the 
transportation  pertaining  to  the  company  may  be  appointed,  on 
recommendation  of  the  company  commander,  by  the  order  of  the 
battalion  commander,  if  such  commander  be  in  the  same  department 
as  the  company.  When  a  company  is  serving  in  a  different  depart- 
ment from  its  regimental  and  battalion  headquarters  that  more  than 
15  days  are  required  for  an  exchange  of  correspondence  by  mail, 
company  noncommissioned  officers  and  wagoners  for  the  transpor- 
tation pertaining  to  the  company  may  be  appointed  on  recommenda- 
tion of  the  company  commander,  by  the  order  of  the  senior  officer 
of  the  regiment  on  duty  in  the  department  in  which  the  company 
is  serving. 

Coast  Artillery  noncommissioned  officers  of  a  mine  planter 
or  cable  ship  detachment,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  mine  planter  or  cable  ship,  will  be  appointed 
and  reduced  by  the  coast  defense  commander  if  the  vessel  is  serving 
in  a  coast  defense  command;  otherwise  by  the  department  commander. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  54,  Mar.  31,  1917.)     (271) 

105.  Lance  corporals.  To  test  the  capacity  of  privates  for  the 
duties  of  noncommissioned  officers  company  commanders  may  appoint 
lance  corporals,  who  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  as  corporals,  but 
no  company  shall  have  more  than  one  lance  corporal  at  a  time,  unless 

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there  are  noncommissioned  officers  absent  by  authority,  during  which 
absences  there  may  be  one  for  each  absentee.     (272) 

106.  Selection  of  first  sergeant,  supply  sergeant,  and  stable  ser- 
geant. The  captain  will  select  the  first  sergeant,  quartermaster  ser- 
geant, and  stable  sergeant  from  the  sergeants  of  his  company,  and 
may  return  them  to  the  grade  of  sergeant  without  reference  to  higher 
authority.     (273) 

107.  Noncommissioned  officers'  warrants.  Each  noncommissioned 
officer  will  be  furnished  with  a  certificate  or  warrant  of  his  rank, 
signed  by  the  regimental  commander;  but  a  separate  warrant  as  first 
sergeant,  supply  sergeant,  or  stable  sergeant  will  not  be  given.  A 
warrant  issued  to  a  noncommissioned  officer  is  his  personal  property. 
Warrants  need  not  be  renewed  in  cases  of  reenlistment  in  the  same 
company,  if  reenlistment  is  made  the  day  following  the  day  of  dis- 
charge, but,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  regimental  or  coast 
defense  commander,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  company  com- 
mander, will  remain  in  force  until  vacated  by  promotion  or  reduction, 
each  reenlistment  and  continuance  to  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the 
company  commander.  The  warrants  for  noncommissioned  officers 
of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps  companies  will  be  signed  by  the  coast 
defense  commander.     (274) 

108.  When  appointments  become  effective.  Appointments  of 
company  noncommissioned  officers  and  cooks  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment will  take  effect  on  the  day  of  appointment  by  the  authorized 
commander,  and  of  first  sergeants,  supply  sergeants,  stable  sergeants, 
chief  mechanics,  cooks,  artificers,  farriers,  horseshoers,  mechanics, 
saddlers,  wagoners,  buglers,  and  first-class  privates  on  the  day  of 
appointment  by  the  company  commander;  but  in  case  of  vacancy  in 
a  company  absent  from  regimental  and  battalion  headquarters  a  com- 
pany commander  may  make  a  temporary  appointment  of  a  noncom- 
missioned officer,  which  will  carry  rank  and  pay  from  the  date  of 
such  appointment.  Information  of  the  appointment  will  be  promptly 
sent  to  the  regimental  commander,  and  if  he  disapproves  it  the 
increased  rank  and  pay  will  cease  upon  the  receipt  by  the  company 
commander  of  such  disapproval.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (275) 

109.  Reduction  of  noncommissioned  officers.  A  noncommissioned 
officer  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  company  commander,  by  the  order  of 
the  commander  having  final  authority  to  appoint  such  noncommis- 
sioned   officer,    but   a    noncommissioned    officer   will    not    be    reduced 

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because  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness  or  injury  contracted  in  the 
line  of  duty.  If  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence  of  court-martial 
at  a  post  not  the  headquarters  of  his  regiment,  the  company  com- 
mander will  forward  a  transcript  of  the  order  to  the  regimental  com- 
mander. The  transfer  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  from  one  organi- 
zation to  another  carries  with  it  reduction  to  the  ranks  unless  other- 
wise specified  in  the  order  by  authority  competent  to  issue  a  new 
warrant.     (276) 

When  a  company  is  serving  in  a  different  department  from 
its  regimental  headquarters  and  at  such  a  distance  therefrom  that 
more  than  15  days  are  required  for  exchange  of  correspondence  by 
mail,  a  noncommissioned  officer  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks,  on 
recommendation  of  the  company  commander,  by  the  order  of  the 
battalion  commander,  if  such  commander  be  in  the  same  department 
as  the  company.  When  a  company  is  serving  in  a  different  department 
from  its  regimental  and  battalion  headquarters,  and  at  such  a  distance 
from  its  regimental  headquarters  that  more  than  15  days  are  required 
for  exchange  of  correspondence  by  mail,  a  noncommissioned  officer 
may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  company 
commander,  by  the  order  of  the  senior  officer  of  the  regiment  on 
duty  in  the  department  in  which  the  company  is  serving.     (276) 

110.  When  reduction  takes  effect.  When  a  noncommissioned 
officer,  while  in  arrest  or  confinement,  is  reduced  by  sentence  of  a 
court-martial,  the  date  of  the  order  publishing  the  sentence  is  the 
date  of  reduction.  In  all  other  cases  reduction  takes  effect  on  the 
date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  at  the  soldier's  station.     (277) 

111.  Appointment  and  reduction  of  cooks,  farriers,  mechanics,  etc. 
Chief  mechanics,  cooks,  buglers,  horseshoers,  mechanics,  saddlers, 
wagoners,  and  privates,  first  class,  are  enlisted  as  privates,  and  after 
joining  their  organizations  are  appointed  by  their  respective  organi- 
zation commanders.  For  inefficiency  or  misconduct  they  are  subject 
to  reduction  by  the  same  authority,  and  in  case  of  desertion  their 
appointments  are  vacated  from  the  date  of  their  unauthorized  absence. 
(C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  9  and  55.)     (278) 

112.  Company  tailor.  A  soldier  may,  when  necessary,  be  relieved 
from  ordinary  military  duty  to  make,  repair,  or  alter  uniforms.  The 
post  exchange  council  will  fix  the  rates  to  be  charged,  which  will 
not  exceed  the  cost  of  doing  such  work  at  the  clothing  depot,  and 
company  commanders  will  cause  to  be  deducted  from  the  pay  of 
enlisted    men    and    turned    over    to    the    proper    person    the    amount 

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properly  due  therefor.  The  provisions  of  this  paragraph  will  be 
construed  to  apply  to  civilian  tailors,  who  conform  to  prices-  fixed  by 
post  exchange  council,  as  well  as  to  enlisted  men  detailed  for  that 
duty  by  proper  authority.     (279) 

113.  Books  of  record,  reports  and  papers.  The  following-named 
books  of  record,  reports  and  papers,  the  descriptions  of  which  are 
given  by  the  author,  are  required  by  par.  280,  A.  R.,  to  be  kept  in 
each  company: 

(a)  Morning  Report.  Which  shows,  at  the  hour  the  report  is  sub- 
mitted, the  exact  condition  of  the  company  as  to  the  number  of 
officers  and  men  present  for  duty,  sick,  absent,  etc.  All  changes  since 
the  last  report  (the  day  before)  are  shown  by  name,  under  "Remarks," 
on  the  right-hand  page,  and  by  number  on  the  left-hand  page.  In 
case  of  no  change  since  last  report,  note,  "No  change,"  under, 
"Remarks,"  and  also  on  the  left-hand  page.     (See  model  given  below.) 

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printed  number  [date]  to  the  end- of  the  month,  are  entered  the 
beginning  of  each  month,  and  are  a  convenience  in  showing  at  once 
the  number  of  rations  to  be  added  or  deducted  in  the  case  of  men 
joining  or  leaving  the  company.) 

(b)  Daily  Sick  Report.  On  which  are  entered  the  names  of  all 
enlisted  men  requiring  medical  attention  and  such  of  the  company  officers 
as  may  be  excused  from  duty  because  of  illness.  The  report  is  signed 
each  day  by  the  surgeon  and  the  company  commander,  and  shows  whether 
or  not  the  sickness  was  incurred  in  line  of  duty. 

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(c)  Duty  Roster.  On  which  is  kept  a  record  of  all  details  for  guard 
duty,  kitchen  police,  and  other  details  for  service  in  garrison  and  in  the 
field,  except  the  authorized  special  and  extra  duty  details.  For  instructions 
regarding  the  keeping  of  roster,  see,  "Details  and  Rosters,"  Manual  of 
Interior  Guard  Duty  and  the  Model  and  instructions  in  front  of  Form 
342,  A.  G.  O.  •     |    i   1 

(d)  Files  of  Orders.  A  file  will  be  kept  of  all  orders  issued  by  the 
company  commander.  Files  will  also  be  kept  of  all  orders  and  instruc- 
tions received  from  higher  authority. 

(e)  Company  Fundbook.  In  which  are  entered  all  receipts  to,  and 
expenditures  from,  the  company  fund,  together  with  the  monthly  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Company  Council  of  Administration,  and  a  list  of  property, 
with  cost  thereof,  purchased  from  the  company  fund.  The  model  in  the 
front  of  the  book  shows  how  the  account  is  to  be  kept. 

(f)  Correspondence  Book,  with  index.  In  which  is  entered  a  brief, 
of  each  item  of  correspondence  in  respect  to  which  a  record  is  necessary, 
and  a  notation  of  the  action  taken  theron. 

(g)  Document  File,  being  the  original  documents  or  communications 
when  these  are  retained,  and  carbon,  letter  press,  or  other  copies  of 
letters,  indorsements,  or  telegrams  sent  in  regard  to  the  same,  all 
of  which  are  filed  according  to  serial  numbers.     (See  par.  13.) 

(h)  Delinquency  Record,  in  which  are  noted  the  disciplinary  punish- 
ments awarded  by  the  company  commander  in  compliance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Army  Regulations. 

(i)  Property  Responsibility.  Two  loose-leaf  books  in  which  are 
listed,  in  one  all  articles  of  quartermaster  property,  and  in  the  other,  all 
articles  of  ordnance  property,  issued  each  soldier  for  his  personal  use. 

(j)  Service  Record.  One  for  each  member  of  the  company,  in  which 
is  kept  a  full  description  of  him,  including  date  of  enlistment,  personnel 
description,  record  of  deposits,  trial  by  court-martial,  record  of  vaccina- 
tion, clothing  account,  etc. 

(k)  Descriptive  cards  for  public  animals.  In  mounted  organizations 
there  will  be  kept  a  descriptive  card  of  every  animal. 

(1)  Retained  copies  of  rolls,  etc.  Retained  copies  of  all  rolls,  reports 
and  returns  required  by  regulations  and  orders  will  be  kept. 

114.  Retained  property  returns  to  be  kept;  supplies  held  on 
memorandum  receipt;  disposition  of  books,  reports,  and  papers.  There 
will  also  be  kept  in  each  company  or  detachment  retained  copies 
of  all  returns  of  property  pertaining  to  the  company  and  full  informa- 
tion respecting  all  quartermaster  and  all  other  supplies  held  on  memo- 

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114a-115 

randum  receipt,  showing  list  of  articles,  date  of  receipt,  from  whom 
received,  and  the  name  of  the  officer  who  signed  the  memorandum 
receipt  therefor;  als6  an  account  of  all  articles  iurned  in,  expended, 
stolen,  lost,  or  destroyed;  and  the  company  or  detachment  commander 
will  have  a  settlement  with  the  staff  officers  concerned  quarterly  and 
when  relinquishing  his  command. 

Of  the  books,  reports,  and  papers  referred  to  in  this  and  in 
the  preceding  paragraph,  the  correspondence  book,  the  document  file, 
the  records  of  enlisted  men  as  kept  in  descriptive  and  deposit  books 
or  on  loose  leaves,  the  muster  rolls,  the  monthly  returns,  and  all 
other  returns  of  the  personnel,  and  the  general  orders  and  circulars 
of  the  War  Department  will  be  permanently  preserved.  Division  and 
department  orders,  except  extracts  of  special  orders,  will  be  disposed 
of  under  instructions  of  the  division  or  department  commander  when 
the  company  is  relieved  from  duty  in  the  division  or  department. 

The  other  books,  reports,  and  papers  will  be  kept  five  years, 
reckoned  from  the  close  of  the  period  of  their  use  in  case  of  books 
and  reports  and  from  their  dates  in  case  of  papers,  when  they  will  be 
destroyed  under  direction  of  the  commanding  officer. 

The  disposition  of  retained  papers  relating  to  an  officer's 
accountability  for  public  property  is  vested  in  the  accountable  officer. 
(281) 

114-a.  Duty  roster.  A  duty  roster  will  be  kept  in  each  company  on 
blank  forms  furnished  by  the  Adjutant  General's  Department;  used 
blank  forms  will  be  held  one  year  and  will  then  be  destroyed.     (282) 

INTERIOR  ECONOMY  OF  COMPANIES 

115.  Weekly  Saturday  inspections.  Company  and  detachment 
commanders  will  inspect  their  organizations  every  Saturday  as  pro- 
vided in  drill  regulations.  No  one  will  be  excused  from  Saturday 
inspection  except  the  guard  and  the  sick  in  hospital. 

Company  and  detachment  commanders  wrill  be  held  respon- 
sible that — 

(a)  The  barracks,  stables,  gun  sheds,  storerooms,  etc.,  occupied 
by  their  organization  or  detachment  are  properly  ventilated,  heated, 
lighted,  kept  clean,  and  in  sanitary  condition  at  all  times. 

(b)  The  men's  food  is  properly  prepared,  cooked,  and  served, 
and  that  articles  of  food  kept  on  hand  are  stored  and  cared  for  in  a 
sanitary  manner. 

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116-117-118-119-120-121-122 

(c)  The  grounds  surrounding  the  barracks,  gun  sheds,  stables, 
etc.,  occupied  by  their  company  or  detachment  are  properly  policed 
and  cared  for.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (283) 

116.  Numbering  of  men  and  division  of  company  into  squads. 
The  company  commander  will  cause  the  enlisted  men  of  the  company 
to  be  numbered  and  divided  into  squads,  each  under  the  charge  of  a 
noncommissioned  officer.  As  far  as  practicable  the  men  of  each  squad 
will  be  quartered  together.     (284) 

117.  Names  attached  to  bunk;  arms  kept  in  racks;  accouterments 
and  sabers  hung  up  by  belts.  In  quarters  the  name  of  each  soldier 
will  be  attached  to  his  bunk,  arms  will  be  kept  in  the  racks,  and 
accouterments  and  sabers  will  be  hung  up  by  the  belts.     (285) 

118.  Cleanliness  of  men  and  police  of  barracks  or  tents.  Strict 
attention  will  be  paid  by  company  commanders  to  the  cleanliness  of 
the  men  and  to  the  police  (cleaning)  of  barracks  or  tents.  The  men 
will  be  required  to  bathe  frequently.  In  garrison,  and  whenever 
practicable  in  the  field,  they  will  be  required  to  wash  their  hands 
thoroughly  after  going  to  the  latrines  and  before  each  meal,  in  order 
to  prevent  the  transmission  of  typhoid  fever  and  other  diseases  by 
germs  taken  into  the  mouth  with  food  from  unclean  hands.  The  hair 
will  be  kept  short  and  the  beard  neatly  trimmed.  Soiled  clothing  will 
be  kept  in  the  barrack  bag.     (286) 

119.  Police  of  barracks  to  precede  Saturday  inspection.  A 
thorough  police  of  barracks  will  precede  the  Saturday  inspection.  The 
chiefs  of  squads  will  see  that  bunks  and  bedding  are  overhauled, 
floors,  tables,  and  benches  scoured,  arms  and  accouterments  cleaned, 
and  all  leather  articles  polished.     (287) 

120.  Responsibility  of  chiefs  of  squads.  Chiefs  of  squads  will  be 
held  responsible  for  the  cleanliness  of  their  men.  They  will  see  that 
those  who  are  to  go  on  duty  put  their  arms,  accouterments,  and  cloth- 
ing in  the  best  order,  and  that  such  as  have  passes  leave  the  post  in 
proper  dress.     (288) 

121.  Soldiers  to  wear  uniform.  Soldiers  will  wear  uniform  in 
camp  and  garrison.  When  on  fatigue  they  will  wear  suitable  fatigue 
dress.     (289) 

122.  Property  in  possession  of  men  to  be  kept  in  good  order; 
missing  or  damaged  articles  to  be  accounted  for.  Company  com- 
manders will  see  that  all  public  property  in  the  possession  of  enlisted 
men  is  kept  in  good  order,  and  that  missing  or  damaged  articles  are 
duly  accounted  for.     (290) 

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123-124-125-126-127-128-129 

123.  Company  commanders  responsible  for  books  issued  their 
companies.  Company  commanders  are  responsible  for  textbooks  and 
other  official  publications  issued  for  the  use  of  their  companies.     (291) 

124.  Arms  not  to  be  taken  apart  except  by  permission  of  an  officer. 
Enlisted  men  will  not  take  their  arms  apart  except  by  permission  of  a 
commissioned  officer  under  proper  supervision,  and  only  in  the  man- 
ner prescribed  in  the  descriptive  pamphlet  of  the  arm  issued  by  the 
Ordnance  Department.     (292) 

125.  Polishing  of  blued  or  browned  parts  of  small  arms  prohibited, 
etc.  The  polishing  of  blued  or  browned  parts  of  small  arms,  rebluing 
or  rebrowning,  putting  any  portion  of  an  arm  in  a  fire,  or  removing  a 
receiver  from  a  barrel,  is  prohibited.  The  mutilation  of  any  part  by 
filing  or  otherwise,  and  attempts  to  beautify  or  change  the  finish,  are 
prohibited. 

However,  this  prohibition  of  attempts  to  beautify  or  change 
the  finish  of  arms  in  the  hands  of  enlisted  men  is  not  construed  as 
forbidding  the  application  of  raw  linseed  oil  to  the  wood  parts  of  the 
arms.  This  oil  is  considered  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  the 
wood,  and  it  may  be  used  for  such  polishing  as  can  be  given  by 
rubbing  in  one  or  more  coats  when  necessary.  The  use  of  raw  linseed 
oil  only  will  be  allowed  for  redressing,  and  the  application  for  such 
purpose  of  any  kind  of  wax  or  varnish,  including  heelball,  is  strictly 
prohibited.     (292) 

126.  Pieces  to  be  unloaded  when  not  in  use.  Pieces  will  be  un- 
loaded before  being  taken  to  quarters  or  tents,  and  as  soon  as  the 
men  using  them  are  relieved  from  duty,  unless  otherwise  ordered. 
(292) 

127.  Use  of  tompions  forbidden.  The  use  of  tompions  in  small 
arms  is  forbidden.  (292) 

(Note.  A  tompion  is  a  stopper  of  any  kind  that  is  inserted 
into  the  muzzle  of  a  gun  to  keep  out  dust,  rain,  etc. — Author.) 

128.  Only  Ordnance  Department  material  to  be  used  on  equip- 
ment. It  is  forbidden  to  use  any  dressing  or  polishing  material  on 
the  leather  accouterments  or  equipments  of  the  soldier,  the  horse 
equipments  for  cavalry,  or  the  artillery  harness,  except  the  prepara- 
tion supplied  by  the  Ordnance  Department  for  that  purpose.     (293) 

129.  Marking  of  company  property.  Articles  of  public  property 
issued  to  a  company  for  its  exclusive  use  will  be  marked,  when  practi- 
cable, with  the  number  or  letter  of  the  company  and  number  and  arm 

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130-131 

of  the  regiment.  Such  articles  issued  to  an  enlisted  man  (arms  and 
clothing  excepted),  will  be  marked,  when  practicable,  with  the  number 
of  the  man,  letter  or  number  of  the  company,  and  number  of  the  regi- 
ment. Haversacks,  canteens,  and  similar  articles  of  equipment  will 
be  uniformly  marked  on  the  outside  as  follows:  Cavalry  equip- 
ments, crossed  sabers,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment  above  the 
letter  of  the  troop  below  the  intersection;  Field  Artillery  equip- 
ments, crossed  field  guns,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment  above  and 
the  letter  of  the  battery  below  the  intersection;  Infantry  equipments, 
crossed  rifles,  with  the  number  of  the  regiment  above  and  the  letter 
of  the  company  below  the  intersection;  Coast  Artillery  Corps  equip- 
ments, crossed  cannons,  with  the  number  of  the  company  below  the 
intersection  of  the  cannons;  and  equipments  of  the  special  corps  of 
the  Army,  according  to  their  respective  devices.  The  design  will  be 
stenciled  in  black,  the  letters  and  numbers  in  fullfaced  characters. 
The  design  will  be  placed  above  the  letters  "U.  S."  on  equipments, 
and  the  soldier's  number  in  characters  one-half  inch  high  below  the 
letters  "U.  S."  Articles  will  not  be  marked  with  the  number  of  the 
man  in  the  Medical  Department  and  Signal  Corps  except  the  articles 
issued  to  men  assigned  to  field  companies  of  the  Signal  Corps  and  to 
men  assigned  to  field  hospitals  and  ambulance  companies  of  the 
Medical  Department.     (C.  A.  R.,    Nos.  1  and  55.)     (295) 

130.  Company  mess.  In  camp  or  barracks  where  companies  are 
not  joined  in  a  general  mess  the  company  commander  will  supervise 
the  cooking  and  messing  of  his  men.  He  will  see  that  his  company 
is  provided  with  at  least  two  copies  of  the  Manual  for  Army  Cooks, 
and  that  suitable  men  in  sufficient  numbers  are  fully  instructed  in 
managing  and  cooking  the  ration  in  the  field;  also  that  necessary 
utensils  and  implements  in  serviceable  condition,  for  cooking  both  in 
garrison  and  field,  are  always  on  hand,  together  with  the  field  mess 
furniture  for  each  man.     (296) 

131.  General  mess.  At  a  post  where  all  the  companies  are  joined 
in  a  general  mess  the  post  commander  will  see  that  the  instruction 
above  mentioned  is  given.  At  such  a  post  a  company  commander  will 
confine  his  supervision  of  the  mess  of  his  company  to  observation  and 
to  notifying  the  officer  in  charge  in  writing  of  anything  requiring 
remedy.  Should  this  officer  fail  to  apply  proper  remedy,  report  may 
then  be  made  to  the  post  commander.  A  department  commander 
will  see  that  each  company  of  his  command  has  the  necessary  field 

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132-133-134-135-136-137-138-139 

practice  each  year.     The  use  in  garrison  of  field  ranges  or  utensils 
pertaining  thereto  is  forbidden.     (296) 

132.  Garrison  use  of  field  ranges  forbidden.  The  use  in  garrison 
of  field  ranges  or  utensils  pertaining  thereto  is  forbidden.     (296) 

133.  Care  of  kitchens,  rations  and  cooking  utensils.  Kitchens  will 
be  placed  under  the  immediate  charge  of  noncommissioned  officers, 
who  will  be  held  responsible  for  their  condition  and  for  the  proper 
use  of  rations.  No  one  will  be  allowed  to  visit  or  remain  in  the  kitchen 
except  those  who  go  there  on  duty,  or  are  employed  therein.  The 
greatest  care  will  be  observed  in  cleaning  and  scouring  cooking  uten- 
sils.    (297) 

134.  Personal  supervision  by  company  officers.  Special  regula- 
tions for  soldier's  fare  can  not  be  made  to  suit  each  locality  and  cir- 
cumstance. Personal  care  and  judgment  on  the  part  of  company 
officers  are  relied  on  to  prevent  waste  or  misuse.  By  due  economy  the 
ration  allowance  will  provide  sufficient  variety  of  diet.     (298) 

135.  Manual  for  Army  Cooks.  The  Manual  for  Army  Cooks  con- 
tains comprehensive  instructions  in  cooking,  which  will  be  observed 
as  far  as  practicable.     (299) 

136.  Food  of  prisoners.  The  food  of  prisoners  will  be  sent  to 
their  places  of  confinement  when  practicable,  but  post  commanders 
may  arrange  to  send  prisoners  under  proper  guard,  to  their  messes. 
(300) 

137.  Kitchen  and  table  ware  and  mess  furniture.  Kitchen  and 
table  ware  and  mess  furniture  will  be  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster 
Corps.  Allowances  will  be  announced  in  orders.  Post  commanders 
will  enforce  rigid  economy  in  regard  to  such  property.  Articles 
broken,  lost,  or  damaged  will  be  charged  to  individuals  at  fault.  Such 
proportions  of  company  allowances  of  brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes 
as  may  be  necessary  for  the  service  of  a  general  mess  will  be  allotted 
by  the  post  commander.     (301) 

138.  Mess  furniture  in  field.  In  the  field  the  mess  furniture  of  a 
soldier  will  be  limited  to  one  tin  cup,  knife,  fork,  and  spoon,  and 
such  device  for  individual  cooking  as  may  be  furnished  by  the 
Ordnance  Department.     (302) 

COUNCILS  OF  ADMINISTRATION 

139.  Supervision  of  councils  of  administration  over  the  various 
funds.    Post  exchange,  aero  squadron,  company  and  mess  councils  of 

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140-141-142-143-144-145-146 

administration  are  assembled  to  audit  the  exchange,  aero  squadron, 
company  and  mess  funds,  respectively,  to  ascertain  and  examine  the 
sources  from  which  and  methods  by  which  they  have  accrued,  and 
to  recommend  expenditures  therefrom.  The  post  exchange  officer, 
aero  squadron,  and  company  commanders  are  respectively  the  custo- 
dians of  the  exchange  and  company  funds.     (316) 

140.  General  mess  council.  On  the  last  day  of  each  quarter,  and 
when  necessary,  the  general  mess  council  will  be  convened  by  the 
post  commander.  The  mess  council  will  also  meet  at  the  call  of  the 
president. 

It  will  consist  of  the  commanders  of  the  several  companies 
participating  in  the  general  mess.     (317) 

141.  Post  exchange  council.  The  post  exchange  council  will  meet 
at  the  end  of  each  month  and,  when  necessary,  also  at  the  call  of  the 
president.  It  will  consist  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  exchange  and 
the  commanding  officer  of  each  organization  participating  in  the  ex- 
change. It  may  delegate  to  an  executive  committee  of  its  own  mem- 
bers the  performance  of  such  portion  of  the  duties  prescribed  for  the 
council  as  the  council  may  decide.     (317) 

142.  Company  council.  The  company  council  will  consist  of  all 
officers  present  for  duty  with  the  company.  It  will  meet  at  the  end 
of  each  month  and  when  necessary;  also,  at  the  call  of  the  president. 
(317) 

143.  Aero  squadron  council.  The  aero  squadron  council  will  con- 
sist of  the  squadron  commander,  the  second  ranking  officer  in  the 
squadron,  and  the  squadron  mess  officer.  The  council  will  meet  at 
the  end  of  each  month  and  when  necessary;  also,  at  the  call  of  the 
president.     (317) 

144.  Hospital  fund.  The  council  to  audit  the  hospital  fund  will 
consist  of  three  senior  officers  on  duty  at  the  hospital,  or  as  manjr 
as  are  available  if  less  than  three.     (317) 

145.  Formal  convening  order  not  necessary.  A  formal  order  con- 
vening the  aero  squadron,  company,  or  post  exchange  council  is  not 
necessary.     (317) 

146.  Proceedings  of  the  councils.  The  junior  member  of  each 
council  will  record  its  proceedings  in  an  appropriate  book,  to  include 
a  written  certificate  of  the  responsible  officer  that  the  funds  are  on 
deposit  in  a  reputable  banking  institution  named  in  the  certificate,  or 
a  statement  that  they  have  been  exhibited  to  the  council,  which  pro- 

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147-148-149-150-151-152 

ceedings  will  be  signed  by  the  president  and  recorder.  The  post  or 
other  commander  will  require. the  proceedings  to  be  kept  as  this  regu- 
lation prescribes  and  will  decide  disagreements  in  those  of  company 
councils.  Those  of  the  exchange  and  mess  councils  will  be  submitted 
to  the  post  or  other  commander,  who  will  sign  his  approval  or  ob- 
jection in  the  council  book.  Should  the  post  or  other  commander  dis- 
approve the  proceedings,  and  the  council,  after  reconsideration,  adhere 
to  its  conclusions,  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  will  be  sent  by  the  com- 
manding officer  to  the  department  commander,  whose  decision  there- 
on will  be  final.  The  final  orders  in  each  case  will  be  entered  in  the 
council  book.     (318) 

147.  Laundry  and  tailoring  charges  to  be  fixed  by  post  exchange 
council.  The  post  exchange  council  will  fix  laundry  charges  and 
prices  charged  by  tradesmen  for  making  and  repairing  uniforms  of 
enlisted  men.     (319) 

148.  Responsibility  for  unauthorized  expenditures.  The  com- 
manding officer  who  approves  the  appropriations  of  a  council,  and  in 
the  matter  of  the  company  fund  the  company  commander,  will  be  held 
responsible  for  all  expenditures  not  made  in  accordance  with  regula- 
tions.    (320) 

149.  Loss  of  funds.  In  case  of  loss  of  regimental,  exchange,  com- 
pany, or  mess  funds  the  circumstances  will  be  carefully  investigated 
and  reported  by  a  board  of  three  officers,  with  recommendation  as  to 
responsibility,  for  the  decision  of  the  department  commander.     (321) 

REGIMENTAL,  COMPANY,  AND  MESS  FUNDS 

150.  Purchase  of  articles  obtainable  on  requisition  from  supply 
departments  forbidden.  The  purchase  from  regimental,  company,  or 
mess  funds  of  any  article  which  can  be  obtained  on  requisition  from 
a  supply  department  is  forbidden,  except  that,  with  the  approval  of 
the  post  commander,  such  articles  may  be  purchased  if  necessity  exits 
for  their  immediate  use  and  they  are  not  on  hand  for  issue  at  the 
post.     (322) 

151.  Projects  from  which  money  accrues  to  be  authorized  by  War 
Department.  No  projects  by  which  money  will  accrue  will  be  entered 
upon  under  color  of  military  control  without  specific  authority  from 
the  War  Department.     (323) 

152.  Funds  not  to  be  taken  away  from  post  of  organization.  Under 
no  circumstances  will  regimental,  company,  mess,  hospital,  post  ex- 

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change,  or  band  funds  be  taken  away  from  the  post  where  the  organi- 
zation to  which  they  pertain  is  stationed,  except  as  may  be  necessary 
to  pay  indebtedness  or  for  deposit  in  the  bank. 

Should  the  officer  who  is  custodian  of  any  of  these  funds  be 
absent  from  the  post,  on  leave  or  otherwise,  for  any  period  beyond 
three  and  less  than  ten  days,  he  will  leave  the  funds  with  the  officer 
acting  in  his  place,  taking  memorandum  receipt  therefor.  If  an 
officer  is  to  be  absent  for  more  than  ten  days  he  will  regularly  trans- 
fer the  funds  of  which  he  is  custodian  to  his  successor. 

In  transferring  funds  to  the  successor,  the  accountable  officer 
will  make  the  following  certificate,  including  list  of  outstanding  debts 
and  obligations,  in  the  fund  or  council  book  and  on  the  statement  of 
the  hospital  fund: 

/  certify  that,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief,  the  fol- 
lowing is  a  complete  and  accurate  statement  of  all  outstanding  debts 
and  obligations  to  date,  payable  from  this  fund. 

In  case  there  are  no  outstanding  debts  or  obligations  he  will 
certify  accordingly. 

Company,  post  exchange,  and  other  funds  referred  to  in 
A.  R.  316  (see  par.  139,  this  book)  will,  if  deposited  in  a  bank,  be 
placed  under  their  official  designation,  as  for  example,  "Company 
Fund,  Company  B,  Twenty-first  Infantry,"  and  not  to  the  credit  of 
the  officer  who  is  custodian.     (324) 

153.  Regimental  fund.  This  fund  consists  of  the  gross  amounts 
received  on  account  of  the  band,  from  post  exchange  profits,  volun- 
tary contributions,  amounts  retained  for  regimental  use  from  proceeds 
of  private  engagements  of  the  band,  from  sale  of  articles  purchased, 
or  from  any  other  sources.  The  adjutant  will  be  the  treasurer  of  the 
fund,  and  will  disburse  it  under  the  direction  of  the  regimental  com- 
mander for  the  promotion  of  the  efficiency  of  the  band  and  for  such 
objects  as  facilitate  the  transaction  of  regimental  business.  A  record 
of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  and  a  complete  list  of  property  pur- 
chased will  be  kept  in  the  regimental  fundbook.     (325) 

COMPANY  AND   MESS   FUNDS 

154.  The  company  fund,  which  will  consist  of  the  gross  amounts 
of  money  received  from  all  sources,  is  received  by  the  company  com- 
mander and,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  company  council,  is  disbursed 
by  him  solely  for  the  benefit  of  the  company.  The  fund  of  the  hospi- 
tal, or  of  a  detachment  or  band  having  a  separate  mess,  is  regarded 

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as  a  company  fund.  Moneys  accruing  to  the  fund  of  a  detachment 
of  the  Medical  Department,,  together  with  the  proceeds  from  the 
ration  and  savings  account  of  the  sick  in  hospital,  and  the  commuta- 
tion of  rations  paid  to  the  surgeon  conformably  to  paragraph  1212, 
belong  to  the  hospital  fund. 

The  establishment  of  company  tailor  shops,  barber  shops, 
and  of  company  billiard  and  pool  tables,  and,  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  post  exchange  council,  of  company  shoe  repair  shops  and  com- 
pany laundries  from  which  revenues  may  be  derived,  is  authorized. 
The  post  exchange  council  will  fix  the  rates  of  salaries  to  be  allowed 
attendants  for  company-owned  equipment  of  these  functions,  and 
the  rates  of  percentages  to  accrue  to  the  company  fund  for  the  col- 
lection of  soldiers'  accounts  due  to  individuals  for  privately-owned 
equipment  of  these  functions.  All  funds  accruing  therefrom  will  be 
accounted  for  as  part  of  the  company  fund.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (327) 

155.  Company  commander  to  keep  account  of  company  fund;  in- 
spection of  fund.  The  company  commander  will  keep  an  account  of 
the  company  fund  and  also  a  complete  list  of  property,  with  cost 
thereof,  purchased  from  said  fund.  The  company  fund  account  will 
be  inspected  by  the  post,  regimental,  battalion,  or  squadron  com- 
mander at  least  once  each  quarter.     (328) 

156.  Payment  of  cooks  from  company  funds.  Extra  compensa- 
tion may  be  paid  to  enlisted  men  from  company  funds  as  follows:  25 
cents  a  day  to  one  private  detailed  on  special  duty  as  assistant  cook 
for  a  company  whose  authorized  strength  is  fixed  at  100  or  more  en- 
listed men  and  only  two  cooks  authorized  by  law,  and  25  cents  a  day 
to  one  private  detailed  as  cook  for  a  headquarters  company  or  troop 
(provisional)  or  a  machine-gun  company  or  troop  (provisional)  whose 
authorized  strength  does  not  exceed  50  men,  and  to  one  additional 
private  for  each  additional  50  men  or  major  fraction  thereof.     (329) 

However,  no  extra  compensation  from  company  funds  shall 
be  paid  to  any  soldier  holding  the  statutory  grade  of  cook,  or  mess 
sergeant.     (Author,  based  on  329) 

ROSTERS 

157.  Definition  of  roster.  A  roster  is  a  list  of  officers  or  men  for 
duty,  with  a  record  of  the  duty  performed  by  each.  Generally  details 
for  duty  are  so  made  that  the  one  longest  off  is  the  first  for  detail. 
Details  so  made  are  said  to  be  made  by  roster.     (355) 

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158.  All  details  except  special  and  extra  duty,  to  be  by  roster.    All 

details  for  service  in  garrison  and  in  the  field,  except  the  authorized 
special  and  extra  duty  details  will  be  by  roster;  but  officers  or  enlisted 
men  when  detailed  must  serve  whether  a  roster  be  kept  or  not.     (356) 

159.  Classification  of  duties  performed  by  roster.  The  duties  per- 
formed by  roster  are  of  two  classes.  The  first  comprises  (1)  out- 
posts; (2)  interior  guards,  including  stable  guards;  (3)  detachments 
to  protect  laborers  on  military  works;  (4)  armed  working  parties  on 
such  works.  Soldiers  march  armed  and,  if  necessary,  fully  equipped 
on  all  duties  of  this  class.  The  second  class  comprises  all  other  duties 
and  fatigue,  in  or  out  of  the  garrison  or  camp.  The  rosters  are 
•distinct  for  each  class.     (357) 

160.  Personnel  of  different  rosters.  Lieutenant  colonels  and 
majors  are  on  one  roster,  and  may  be  detailed  when  the  importance  of 
the  duty  requires  it.  In  the  field  their  roster  is  kept  at  division  and 
brigade  headquarters.  Captains  form  one  roster,  and  are  exempt 
from  ordinary  fatigue  duties.  Lieutenants  form  one  roster,  but  when 
conditions  make  it  advisable  captains  and  lieutenants  may  be  placed 
on  one  roster,  or  one  or  more  of  the  senior  lieutenants  may  be  placed 
on  the  captains'  roster.  Sergeants,  corporals,  musicians,  and  privates 
form  distinct  rosters.     (358) 

161.  Order  in  which  duties  are  taken.  Unless  otherwise  ordered 
by  the  commanding  officer,  officers,  noncommissioned  officers,  and 
privates  take  duties  of  the  first  class  in  the  order  stated  in  paragraph 
182  above,  viz,  the  first  for  detail  takes  the  outposts,  the  next  the  inte- 
rior guards,  and  so  on.  In  those  of  the  second  class  the  senior  officer 
takes  the  largest  party.  The  party  first  for  detail  takes  the  service 
out  of  camp.     (359) 

162.  Officers  and  men  charged  with  time  they  are  present  and 
available.  In  making  details  by  roster,  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  is 
each  day  charged  with  the  number  of  days  that  he  has  remained  pre- 
sent and  available  since  the  beginning  of  his  last  tour.  Departures 
from  this  rule  may  be  authorized  by  the  commanding  officer  whenever 
a  strict  application  would  allow  improper  advantage  or  work  hard- 
ship. -  (360) 

163.  In  case  officer  detailed  is  not  present  or  available  at  hour  of 
marching.  When  an  officer  has  been  detailed  and  is  not  present  or 
available  at  the  hour  of  marching,  the  next  after  him  takes  the  duty. 
When   an   outpost  has  passed   the   chain   of  sentinels,   or  an   interior 

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guard  has  reached  its  post,  the  officer  whose  tour  it  was  can  not  take  it 

unless  so  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer.     (361) 

164.  When  duties  are  credited.  Duties  of  the  first  class  are  cre- 
dited on  the  roster  when  the  guards  or  detachments  have  passed  the 
chain  of  sentinels  or  an  interior  guard  has  reached  its  post;  other 
duties,  when  the  parties  have  entered  upon  their  performance.     (362) 

165.  Availability  for  duty  of  one  class  when  relieved  from  duty 
of  other  class.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  on  duty  of  the  first  class,  or 
who  is  next  for  detail  for  such  duty,  is  available,  when  relieved,  for 
duty  of  the  second  class  that  has  fallen  to  him  during  that  time.  Ex- 
cept in  emergencies,  no  duty  will  be  required  of  the  old  officer  of  the 
day  or  the  old  guard  until  four  hours  after  they  have  been  relieved. 
(363) 

166.  Signal  Corps  detachments  exempt  from  detail.  Detach- 
ments of  the  Signal  Corps  shall  be  exempt  from  detail  for  any  other 
duty,  except  when  in  the  judgment  of  the  commanding  officer  the  im- 
portance of  the  duty  will  not  permit  exemption.     (364) 

DETACHMENTS 

167.  Detachments  for  service  to  be  by  subdivision.  As  far  as  the 
exigencies  of  the  service  will  permit,  detachments  for  all  service  will 
be  formed  by  taking  battalions,  companies,  platoons,  or  other  sub- 
divisions in  turn,  according  to  the  roster.     (365) 

168.  Officers  or  men  detailed  for  detached  service  while  on  other 
duty.  Officers  or  enlisted  men  detailed  for  detached  service  while  on 
other  duty  will  be  relieved  from  that  duty,  if  practicable,  in  time  to 
march  with  the  detachment.     (366) 

169.  Detachments  formed  by  adjutant.  When  a  detachment  is 
to  be  formed  from  the  different  organizations  of  a  command,  the  ad- 
jutant or  adjutant  general  forms  its  contingent,  verifies  the  details, 
and  sends  it  to  the  place  of  assembly,  or  turns  it  over  to  the  detach- 
ment commander.     (367) 

170.  Regulations  of  command  when  detachments  meet.  When  de- 
tachments meet,  the  command  is  regulated  while  they  serve  together 
as  if  they  formed  one  command,  but  the  senior  officer  can  not  prevent 
the  commander  of  any  detachment  from  moving  when  he  thinks 
proper  to  execute  the  orders  he  has  received.     (368) 

171.  Reporting  on  return.  On  the  return  of  a  detachment  its  com- 
mander reports  to  the  headquarters  from  which  he  received  his  orders. 
(369) 

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172-173-174-175-176-177 
DAILY  SERVICE 

172.  Reveille  and  retreat.  There  will  be  daily,  Sundays  and  holi- 
days excepted,  at  least  two  roll  calls,  viz,  at  reveille  and  retreat  Com- 
manding officers  may  also  order  roll  calls  in  special  cases  at  such  times 
as  they  deem  necessary.  The  roll  will  be  called  on  the  company 
parade  by  the  first  sergeant,  superintended  by  a  commissioned  officer. 
If  companies  are  quartered  together  or  in  contiguous  barracks,  one 
officer  may  superintend  the  roll  call  of  two  or  more  of  them,  provid- 
ing he  can  do  so  efficiently,  commanding  officers  regulating  the  prac- 
tice in  this  regard. 

Reveille  roll  call  in  garrison  will  not  ordinarily  take  place 
earlier  than  5:30  a.  m.  in  summer,  or  6:30  a.  m.  in  winter. 

On  Sundays  and  holidays  reveille  roll  call  may  be  dispensed 
with  in  the  descretion  of  the  commanding  officer.     (370) 

173.  Tattoo.  Ordinarily  there  will  not  be  any  formation  for  roll 
call  at  tattoo,  but  the  prescribed  signal  will  be  sounded,  and  fifteen 
minutes  thereafter  lights  in  squad  rooms  will  be  extinguished  and  all 
noises  and  loud  talking  will  cease.     (370) 

(Note.  As  far  as  the  author  knows  it  is  a  custom  of  the 
service  to  sound  tattoo  at  9  o'clock  p.  m.) 

174.  Call  to  quarters  and  taps.  Call  to  quarters  will  be  sounded 
at  10:45  p.  m.  and  taps  at  11.  At  taps  all  lights  not  authorized  by  the 
commanding  officer  will  be  extinguished.     (370) 

175.  Mess  calls  in  garrison.  Mess  call  in  garrison  will  be  sounded 
daily  as  follows:  For  breakfast,  thirty  minutes  .after  reveille  roll  call; 
for  dinner,  not  earlier  than  12  m.  nor  later  than  12:15  p.  m.;  for  supper, 
not  earlier  than  5  nor  later  than  6:30  p.  m.  Meals  for  enlisted  men  will 
be  served  promptly  at  the  hours  appointed,  and  the  duties  of  the  post, 
as  far  as  compatible  with  the  requirements  of  the  service,  will  be  so 
arranged  that  all  the  men  may  be  present.  The  men  will  be  allowed 
at  least  twenty  minutes  for  breakfast  and  supper  and  thirty  minutes 
for  dinner.     (371) 

176.  Reporting  result  of  roll  calls.  Except  at  the  ceremony  of 
parade,  the  result  of  a  roll  call  will  be  reported  after,  the  companies 
have  been  dismissed  to  the  officer  superintending  the  call,  who  will 
report  the  result  to  the  commanding  officer.     (372) 

177.  Commanding  officer  fixes  hours  for  reports,  issues,  roll  calls, 
etc.  In  camp  and  garrison  the  commanding  officer  fixes  the  hour  for 
reports,  issues,  and  roll  calls  and  for  the  performance  of  stated  duties 

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and  fatigues.  In  garrison,  retreat  will  not  be  later  than  sunset.  The 
signals  will  be  sounded  by  the  field  buglers  in  accordance  with  author- 
ized drill  regulations.     (373) 

178.  Police  after  breakfast,  and  stable  duty.  After  breakfast,  and 
after  stable  duty  in  the  mounted  service,  the  tents  or  quarters  and 
adjacent  ground  will  be  policed  by  the  men  of  the  companies  and 
the  guardhouse  or  guard  tent  by  the  prisoners,  or  by  members  of  the 
guard  if  there  be  no  prisoners.     (374) 

HONORS 

179.  Saluting  national  or  regimental  color.  The  national  or  regi- 
mental color  or  standard,  uncased,  passing  a  guard  or  other  armed 
body  will  be  saluted,  the  field  music  sounding  "to  the  color"  or  "to 
the  standard."  Officers  or  enlisted  men  passing  the  uncased  color  will 
render  the  prescribed  salute;  with  no  arms  in  hand,  the  salute  will 
be  the  hand  salute,  using  the  right  hand,  the  headdress  not  to  be  re- 
moved.    (377) 

180.  Coming  to  attention  and  saluting  when  National  Anthem  is 
played.  Whenever  the  national  anthem  is  played  at  any  place  when 
persons  belonging  to  the  military  service  are  present,  all  officers  and 
enlisted  men  not  in  formation  shall  stand  at  attention  facing  toward 
the  music  (except  at  retreat  when  they  shall  face  toward  the  flag).  If 
in  uniform,  covered  or  uncovered,  or  in  civilian  clothes,  uncovered, 
they  shall  salute  at  the  first  note  of  the  anthem,  retaining  the  position 
of  salute  until  the  last  note  of  the  anthem.  If  not  in  uniform  and 
covered,  they  shall  uncover  at  the  first  note  of  the  anthem,  holding 
the  headdress  opposite  the  left  shoulder  and  so  remain  until  its  close, 
except  that  in  inclement  weather  the  headdress  may  be  held  slightly 
raised. 

The  same  rules  apply  when  "To  the  Color"  or  "To  the  Stan- 
dard" is  sounded  as  when  the  national  anthem  is  played. 

When  played  by  an  Army  band,  the  national  anthem  shall  be 
played  through  without  repetition  of  any  part  not  required  to  be  re- 
peated to  make  it  complete. 

The  same  marks  of  respect  prescribed  for  observance  during 
the  playing  of  the  national  anthem  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
shown  toward  the  national  anthem  of  any  other  country  when  played 
upon  official  occasions.     (378) 

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181.  No  honors  paid  on  marches  or  in  trenches.  No  honors  are 
paid  by  troops  when  on  the  march  or  in  trenches,  except  that  they 
may  be  called  to  attention.     (379) 

182.  No  salute  rendered  at  double  time,  trot,  or  gallop.  No  salute 
is  rendered  when  marching  in  double  time  or  at  the  trot  or  gallop. 
(379) 

183.  Saluting  commanding  officer.  The  commanding  officer  is 
saluted  by  all  commissioned  officers  in  command  of  troops  or  detach- 
ments. Troops  under  arms  will  salute  as  prescribed  in  drill  re- 
gulations.    (380) 

184.  Saluting  when  making  or  receiving  reports  and  when  meeting. 
When  making  or  receiving  official  reports  or  on  meeting  out  of  doors 
all  officers  will  salute.  Military  courtesy  requires  the  junior  to  salute 
first,  but  when  the  salute  is  introductory  to  a  report  made  at  a  mili- 
tary ceremony  or  formation  to  the  representative  of  a  common  supe- 
rior— as,  for  example,  to  the  adjutant,  officer  of  the  day,  etc., — the 
officer  making  the  report,  whatever  his  rank,  will  salute  first;  the 
officer  to  whom  the  report  is  made  will  acknowledge,  by  saluting, 
that  he  has  received  and  understood  the  report.      (381) 

185.  Saluting  upon  meeting,  passing,  or  being  addressed.  Salutes 
shall  be  exchanged  between  officers  and  enlisted  men  not  in  a  military 
formation,  nor  at  drill,  work,  games,  or  mess,  on  every  occasion  of 
their  meeting,  passing  near,  or  being  addressed,  the  officer  junior  in 
rank,  or  the  enlisted  man  saluting  first.     (382) 

186.  When  officer  enters  room  where  there  are  enlisted  men. 
When  an  officer  enters  a  room  where  there  are  several  enlisted  men 
the  word  "attention"  is  given  by  some  one  who  perceives  him,  when  all 
rise,  uncover,  and  remain  standing  at  attention  until  the  officer  leaves 
the  room  or  directs  otherwise.     (382) 

187.  Enlisted  men  at  meals.  When  an  officer  enters  a  room  where 
there  are  enlisted  men  at  meals,  they  stop  eating  and  remain  seated 
at  attention.     (382) 

188.  Enlisted  men,  if  seated,  rise  on  approach  of  officer;  facing 
officers  saluted.  An  enlisted  man,  if  seated,  rises  on  the  approach  of 
an  officer,  faces  toward  him,  stands  at  attention,  and  salutes.  Standing, 
he  faces  an  officer  for  the  same  purpose.  If  the  parties  remain  in  the 
same  place  or  on  the  same  ground,  such  compliments  need  not  be  re- 
peated.    (382) 

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189.  Soldiers  at  work  not  to  salute.  Soldiers  actually  at  work 
do  not  cease  work  to  salute  an  officer  unless  addressed  by  him.     (382) 

190.  Saluting  before  addressing  officers  and  after  receiving  reply. 
Before  addressing  an  officer,  an  enlisted  man  makes  the  prescribed 
salute  with  the  weapon  with  which  he  is  armed,  or,  if  unarmed,  with 
the  right  hand.  He  also  makes  the  same  salute  after  receiving  a 
reply.    (382) 

191.  Saluting  in  uniform.  In  uniform,  covered  or  uncovered,  but 
not  in  formation,  officers  and  enlisted  men  salute  military  persons  as 
follows:  With  arms  in  hand,  the  salute  prescribed  for  that  arm 
(sentinels  on  interior  guard  duty  excepted);  without  arms,  the  right 
hand  salute.     (383) 

192.  Saluting  in  civilian  dress.  In  civilian  dress  covered  or  un- 
covered, officers  and  enlisted  men  salute  military  persons  with  the 
right-hand  salute.     (383) 

193.  Saluting  in  military  manner;  junior  officer  or  enlisted  man  to 
salute  first.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  will  render  the  prescribed 
salutes  in  a  military  manner,  the  officer  junior  in  rank  or  the  enlisted 
man  saluting  first.     (383) 

194.  When  several  officers  are  saluted.  When  several  officers  in 
company  are  saluted,  all  entitled  to  the  salute  shall  return  it.     (383) 

195.  Dismounting  before  addressing  superior  not  mounted.  Ex- 
cept in  the  field  under  campaign  or  simulated  campaign  conditions,  a 
mounted  officer  (or  soldier)  dismounts  before  addressing  a  superior 
officer  not  mounted.     (383) 

196.  Men  in  formation  not  to  salute  when  addressed.  A  man  in 
formation  shall  not  salute  when  directly  addressed,  but  shall  come 
to  attention  if  at  rest  or  at  ease.     (383) 

197.  Saluting  distance.  Saluting  distance  is  that  within  which  re- 
cognition is  easy.     In  general,  it  does  not  exceed  30  paces.     (384) 

198.  When  officers  pass  in  rear  of  body  of  troops.  When  an 
officer  entitled  to  the  salute  passes  in  rear  of  a  body  of  troops  it  is 
brought  to  attention  while  he  is  opposite  the  post  of  the  commander. 
(384) 

199.  Saluting  in  public  conveyances  and  public  places.  In  public 
conveyances,  such  as  railway  trains  and  streetcars,  and  in  public 
places,  such  as  theaters,  honors  and  personal  salutes  may  be  omitted 
when  palpably  inappropriate  or  apt  to  disturb  or  annoy  civilians  pre- 
sent.    (384) 

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200.  Salutes  to  National  Anthem  or  when  "To  the  Color"  is 
sounded.  Salutes  to  the  National  Anthem  or  when  "To  the  Color" 
(or  "Standard")  is  sounded  during  ceremonies  will  be  as  prescribed 
in  regulations,  as  herein  amended.     (385) 

201.  Saluting  the  colors.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  passing  the 
uncased  color  will  render  honors  as  follows:  If  in  uniform  they  will 
salute  as  required  in  paragraph  191,  this  book;  if  in  civilian  dress  and 
covered  they  will  uncover,  holding  the  headdress  opposite  the  left 
shoulder  with  the  right  hand;  if  uncovered  they  will  salute  with  the 
right-hand  salute.     (385) 

202.  Saluting  by  sentinels.  Sentinels  on  post  doing  interior  guard 
duty  conform  to  the  foregoing  principles,  but  salute  by  presenting 
arm  when  armed  with  the  rifle.  They  will  not  salute  if  it  interferes 
with  the  proper  performance  of  their  duties.     (386) 

203.  Troops  under  arms.  Troops  under  arms  will  salute  as  pre- 
scribed in  drill  regulations.     (386) 

204.  Commanders  of  detachments  or  other  commands.  Comman- 
ders of  detachments  or  other  commands  will  salute  officers  of  grades 
higher  than  the  person  commanding  the  unit  by  first  bringing  the  unit 
to  attention  and  then  saluting  as  required  in  paragraph  207,  this  book. 
If  the  person  saluted  is  of  a  junior  or  equal  grade  the  unit  need  not 
be  at  attention  in  the  exchange  of  salutes.     (387) 

205.  Saluting  between  detachments  or  other  commands.  If  two 
detachments  or  other  commands  meet,  their  commanders  will  ex- 
change salutes,  both  commands  being  at  attention.     (387) 

206.  Salutes  not  paid  by  troops  at  drill,  on  march  in  field,  and  on 
service  of  security.  Salutes  and  honors  as  a  rule  are  not  paid  by 
troops  actually  engaged  in  drill,  on  the  march,  or  in  the  field  under 
campaign  or  simulated  campaign  conditions.  Troops  on  the  service 
of  security  pay  no  compliments  whatever.     (388) 

207.  When  command  is  brought  to  "present  arms"  or  "present 
sabers"  before  saluting.  If  the  command  is  in  line  at  a  halt  (not  in 
the  field)  and  armed  with  the  rifle,  or  with  sabers  drawn,  it  shall  be 
brought  to  "present  arms"  or  "present  sabers"  before  its  commander 
salutes  in  the  following  cases:  When  the  National  Anthem  is  played, 
or  when  "To  the  Color"  or  "To  the  Standard"  is  sounded  during  cere- 
monies, or  when  a  person  is  saluted  who  is  its  immediate  or  higher 
commander  or  a  general  officer,  or  when  the  national  or  regimental 
color  is  saluted.     (389) 

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208.  Commands  saluting  while  National  Anthem  is  played  at  cere- 
monies; also  when  "To  the  Color"  is  sounded.  At  parades  and  other 
ceremonies,  under  arms,  the  command  shall  render  the  prescribed 
salute  and  shall  remain  in  the  position  of  salute  while  the  national 
anthem  is  being  played;  also  at  retreat  and  during  ceremonies  when 
"To  the  Color"  is  played  if  no  band  is  present.  If  not  under  arms, 
the  organizations  shall  be  brought  to  attention  at  the  first  note  of  the 
national  anthem,  "To  the  Color,"  or  "To  the  Standard,"  and  the  salute 
rendered  by  the  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  in  command  as 
prescribed  in  regulations.     (390) 

209.  Officers  in  civilian  clothes  or  present  informally  in  uniform 
not  to  be  saluted  with  guns,  etc.  No  officer  in  civilian  clothes  or  pre- 
sent informally  in  uniform  shall  be  saluted  with  guns  or  have  a  guard 
paraded  in  his  honor.     (391) 

210.  Guards  not  to  turn  out  on  Sundays.  Guards  shall  not  turn 
out  on  Sundays  as  a  matter  of  compliment  for  officers  of  the  United 
States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps.     (392) 

211.  Soldiers  to  pay  same  compliments  to  officers  of  Army,  Navy, 
etc.,  as  to  their  own  officers.  Soldiers  at  all  times  and  in  all  situations 
pay  the  same  compliments  to  officers  of  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Marine 
Corps,  and  Volunteers,  and  to  officers  of  the  National  Guard  in  uni- 
form as  to  officers  of  their  own  regiment,  corps,  or  arm  of  service. 
(392H) 

SALUTES  WITH  CANNON 

212.  Salutes  fired  under  charge  of  officers.  Salutes  with  cannon 
will  be  fired  under  charge  of  commissioned  officers,  who  shall  be  pres- 
ent at  the  firing  and  direct  it.     (393) 

213.  Between  what  hours  salutes  are  fired.  Salutes  will  not  be 
fired  between  sunset  and  sunrise,  and  not  on  Sundays  unless  required 
by  international  courtesy.  As  a  general  rule,  salutes  will  be  fired  be- 
tween 8  a.  m.  and  sunset.     (397) 

214.  National  flag  displayed.  The  national  flag  will  always  be  dis- 
played at  the  time  of  firing  a  salute.     (397) 

(Note.  The  kind  of  guns  to  be  used,  the  rapidity  with  which 
they  are  to  be  fired,  etc.,  are  covered  in  the  Army  Regulations,  and 
anyone  detailed  to  fire  a  salute  should  read  carefully  these  para- 
graphs.— Author.) 

THE  NATIONAL  SALUTE 

215.  National  Salute.  The  national  salute  is  21  guns.  It  is  also 
the  salute  to  the  national  flag. 

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The  salute  to  the  Union,  commemorative  of  the  Declaration 

of  Independence  and  consisting  of  1   gun  for  each   State,  is  fired  at 

noon  on  July  4  at  every  post  provided  with  suitable  artillery.     (398) 

PERSONAL  SALUTES 

216.  President's  salute.  The  president,  both  on  his  arrival  at  and 
departure  from  a  military  post,  or  when  in  its  vicinity,  receives  a 
salute  of  21  guns.  No  other  personal  salute  is  fired  in  his  presence. 
(400) 

217.  Salutes  to  general  officers.  General  officers  receive,  as  a 
salute,  the  following  number  of  guns: 

The    General    17 

The  Lieutenant   General    15 

The  Major  General  13 

The  Brigadier  General   11 

(Author,  based  on  A.  R.  400) 
(Note.     The  number  of  guns  to  which  others  are  entitled,  and 
other  details  regarding  the  rendition  of  personal  salutes   with   guns, 
are  fully  covered  in  the  Army  Regulations,  which  should  be  consulted 
when  the  rendition  of  a  salute  comes  up. — Author.) 

VISITS  AND  COURTESIES 

218.  Officers  arriving  at  headquarters  to  call  on  commanding  offi- 
cer and  register.  An  officer  arriving  at  the  headquarters  of  a  military 
command,  station,  or  post,  will  call  upon  the  commander  thereof  as 
soon  as  practicable  and  register  his  name,  address,  and  the  probable 
time  of  his  stay.  If  the  visiting  officer  be  senior  to  the  commander, 
the  former  may  send  his  card  and  his  address  for  registration,  in 
which  case  it  becomes  the  duty  of  the  commander  to  make  the  first 
call.     (406) 

219.  Officers  arriving  at  Washington,  D.  C,  or  department  head- 
quarters. When  any  officer  arrives  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  or  at  the 
headquarters  of  a  territorial  department,  he  will  report  at  the  office 
of  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  or  of  the  department  adjutant, 
and  will  register  his  name  and  address,  and  the  authority  for  his  pres- 
ence there.     (406;  825) 

220.  Officers  arriving  for  duty  with  an  organization,  etc.  An  offi- 
cer arriving  for  duty  with  an  organization,  a  staff  department  at  the 
Military  Academy,  or  any  of  the  service  schools,  will  make  both  an 

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221-222-223-224-225-226 

official  and  a  call  of  courtesy  upon  the  head  or  commander  thereof 
as  soon  as  practicable.  If  the  arriving  officer  is  the  senior,  the  first 
call  will  be  made  by  the  junior.     (406) 

221.  Additional  visits  in  case  of  large  commands.  In  case  of  large 
commands  or  posts,  an  arriving  officer  will  pay  such  additional  visits 
as  his  post,  station,  or  regimental  commander  may  prescribe.  Under 
normal  conditions  it  is  considered  desirable  that  at  least  the  arriving 
field  officers  should  call  at  the  various  organization  headquarters. 
(406) 

222.  Where  and  when  official  and  social  calls  are  made.  Official 
calls  are  made  at  the  office  of  the  commanding  officer.  If  made  after 
office  hours  and  the  commanding  officer  is  not  present,  the  visiting 
officer  will  register,  leave  his  card,  and  repeat  the  call  informally  the 
following  morning  during  office  hours.  Social  calls  will  be  made  at 
some  convenient  time  at  the  quarters  of  the  commanding  officer.  (406) 

223.  Juniors  always  to  show  deference  to  seniors.  As  a  rule, 
juniors  will  give  way  to  seniors,  and  at  all  times  juniors  will  show 
deference  to  their  seniors  and  will  not  ignore  their  presence.  These 
rules  will  apply  whether  in  vehicles,  on  horseback,  or  on  foot.     (406) 

224.  Juniors  will  walk  or  ride  on  left  of  seniors.  In  accompany- 
ing officers,  juniors  will  walk  or  ride  on  the  left  of  their  seniors  unless 
there  be  special  reason  to  the  contrary.     (406) 

225.  Calling  on  commanding  officer  in  case  of  organizations  arriv- 
ing at  or  leaving  a  station.  In  case  of  an  organization  reporting  at  a 
post  or  station  for  duty,  the  commanding  officer  thereof,  accompanied 
by  his  staff  (if  there  be  one),  will  immediately  make  an  official  call 
upon  the  commander  of  the  post  or  station,  as  prescribed  in  par.  218 
above.  The  commanding  officer  of  the  arriving  troops  may,  at  his 
discretion,  be  accompanied  by  the  other  officers  of  his  command.  If 
not  accompanied  by  them  at  this  first  visit,  he  will  arrange  to  pre- 
sent them  officially  at  some  convenient  time  to  the  post  or  station 
commander,  unless  otherwise  directed.  A  similar  procedure  will  be 
observed  on  the  departure  of  an  organization  from  a  post  or  station. 
(406) 

226.  Calling  on  intermediate  commanders.  A  subordinate  officer, 
after  reporting  officially  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post,  head- 
quarters, or  station,  will  report  as  soon  as  practicable  to  his  inter- 
mediate commanding  officers,  presenting  to  them  copies  of  his  as- 
signment or  other  duty  order.     (406) 

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227-228-229-230-231-232 

227.  Calls  by  officers  returning  from  leave  or  detached  service. 

An  officer  returning  from  leave  or  detached  service  makes  an  official 
call,  without  delay,  on  the  post  or  station  commander  and  upon  his 
intermediate  commanders.     (406) 

228.  Calls  by  officers  leaving  post.  An  officer  about  to  leave  the 
post  or  station  for  any  length  of  time  will  make  an  official  call  upon 
the  commander  thereof  and  also  upon  his  intermediate  commanding 
officers.     (406) 

229.  Officers  of  station  calling  upon  newly  arrived  officers.  Newly 
arrived  officers  will  be  called  upon  promptly  by  the  other  officers  of 
the  post  or  station.  In  case  of  large  commands,  where  the  conditions 
are  such  as  to  make  this  usual  custom  burdensome  or  impracticable, 
the  commanding  officer  may  prescribe  that  visits  shall  only  be  ex- 
changed between  senior  officers,  or  he  may  designate  officers  to  make 
the  visits,  who  shall  extend  the  usual  civilities  on  behalf  of  all  the 
other  officers,  or  he  may  prescribe  that  no  visits  of  courtesy  shall  be 
required.. 

A  general  officer  is  not  required  to  return  the  official  visits 
of  officers  of  his  command,  except  in  the  case  of  general  officers  or 
colonels;  but  when  he  considers  it  advisable,  return  calls  on  officers 
of  grades  junior  to  colonel  shall  be  made  at  his  direction  by  aids  or 
other  staff  officers.     (406) 

230.  Importance  of  interchange  of  compliments  and  visits.     The 

interchange  of  compliments  and  visits  between  officers  of  the  service 
is  of  great  importance.  Failure  to  pay  the  civilities  customary  in 
official  and  polite  society  is  to  the  prejudice  of  the  best  interests  of 
the  service:  The  well-established  customs  of  the  Army  in  this  regard 
will  be  carried  out.     (406) 

231.  Interchange  of  official  compliments  and  visits  between  mili- 
tary and  naval  officers.  The  interchange  of  official  compliments  and 
visits  between  military  and  naval  officers  is  international  in  charac- 
ter and  opens  the  way  to  official  and  social  courtesies.  Military  offi- 
cers who  are  likely  to  be  thrown  in  contact  with  naval  officers  should 
be  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  subject,  which  is  fully  covered  in  the 
Army  Regulations. — Author. 

CEREMONIES 

232.  Conduct  of  ceremonies.  All  ceremonies  will  be  conducted 
as  prescribed  in  the  authorized  drill  regulations.     (435) 

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233-234-235-236-237 

233.  Parades.  The  number  and  kinds  of  parades  will  be  deter- 
mined by  the  post  commander  with  the  approval  of  the  next  higher 
tactical  commander  and  of  the  department  commander.  After  the 
schedule  has  been  approved  parades  will  not  be  dispensed  with  except 
on  urgent  occasions.  All  officers  and  men  will  be  present  unless 
specially  excused  or  on  duty  incompatible  with  such  attendance.  (436) 

234.  Hoisting  flag  at  reveille  and  lowering  it  at  retreat.  At  every 
military  post  or  station  the  flag  will  be  hoisted  at  the  sounding  of  the 
first  note  of  reveille,  or  of  the  first  note  of  the  march,  if  a  march  be 
played  before  the  reveille.  The  flag  will  be  lowered  at  the  sounding 
of  the  last  note  of  the  retreat,  and  while  the  flag  is  being  lowered  the 
band  will  play  the  national  anthem,  or,  if  there  be  no  band  present, 
the  field  music  will  sound  "To  the  Color."  When  "To  the  Color"  is 
sounded  by  the  field  music  while  the  flag  is  being  lowered  the  same 
respect  will  be  observed  as  when  the  national  anthem  is  played  by 
the  band,  and  in  either  case  officers  and  enlisted  men  out  of  ranks  will 
face  toward  the  flag,  stand  at  attention,  and  render  the  prescribed 
salute.     (437) 

235.  Muster  of  troops.  Troops  will  be  mustered  for  pay  on  the 
last  day  of  each  month  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment. When  the  commanding  officer  can  not.  muster  all  the  troops 
he  will  designate  other  officers  to  assist.     (438) 

236.  Muster  to  be  preceded  by  inspection.  Each  stated  muster 
will,  when  practicable,  be  preceded  by  a  minute  and  careful  inspection. 
If  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  company,  the  inspection 
will  be  preceded  by  a  review.  If  the  day  for  muster  falls  on  Sunday, 
such  review  and  inspection  will  be  omitted.     (439) 

237.  Memorial  Day.  On  Memorial  Day,  May  30,  at  all  Army  posts 
and  stations,  the  national  flag  will  be  displayed  at  halfstaff  from  sun- 
rise till  midday,  and  immediately  before  noon  the  band,  or  field  music, 
will  play  some  appropriate  air,  and  the  national  salute  of  2\  guns  will 
be  fired  at  12  m.  at  all  posts  and  stations  provided  with  artillery.  At 
the  conclusion  of  this  memorial  tribute,  at  noon,  the  flag  will  be 
hoisted  to  the  top  of  the  staff  and  will  remain  there  until  sunset. 
When  hoisted  to  the  top  of  the  staff,  the  flag  will  be  saluted  by  play- 
ing one  or  more  appropriate  patriotic  airs.  In  this  way  fitting  testi- 
monial of  respect  for  the  heroic  dead  and  honor  to  their  patriotic  de- 
votion will  be  appropriately  rendered.     (440) 


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GUARDS 

238.  Guide  in  guard  duty.  The  authorized  Manual  of  Guard  Duty 
is  the  guide  in  all  matters  relating  to  duties  of  guards  not  contained 
in  these  regulations.     (441) 

239.  Articles  for  police  and  guard  purposes.  Quartermaster's 
supplies  and  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  required  for  strictly  post 
or  police  purposes,  or  for  use  by  the  post  or  camp  guard,  will  be 
supplied  by  the  quartermaster  and  ordnance  officer,  respectively,  on 
request  from  the  officer  of  the  day,  approved  by  the  commanding- 
officer,  and  will  be  continued  on  the  returns  of  the  quartermaster  or 
ordnance  officer,  as  the  case  may  require.     (442) 

240.  Carrying  of  articles  so  obtained.  Articles  so  obtained  will  be 
duly  entered  under  the  direction  of  the  officer  who  receives  them  on 
a  list  of  "articles  in  charge."  They  will  be  carried  on  the  list  and 
verified  daily  under  the  direction  of  the  officer  of  the  day.  When  no 
longer  fit  for  use  they  will  be  submitted,  as  the  case  may  require,  by 
the  quartermaster  or  ordnance  officer  for  inspection  and,  if  con- 
demned, disposed  of  as  ordered.     (443) 

PECUNIARY   RESPONSIBILITY   OF   OFFICERS 

241.  Credit  given  for  money  expenditures  in  obedience  to  orders; 
all  orders  to  be  in  writing.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expendi- 
ture of  money  made  in  obedience  to  the  order  of  his  commanding 
officer.  Every  order  issued  by  any  military  authority  which  may  cause 
an  expenditure  of  money  in  a  staff  department  will  be  given  in  writing. 
One  copy  thereof  will  be  forwarded  by  the  officer  receiving  it  to  the 
head  of  his  department,  and  the  other  will  be  filed  by  the  disbursing 
officer  with  his  voucher  for  the  disbursement.  If  the  expenditure  be 
disallowed,  it  will  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  ordered  it.     (653) 

242.  When  payment  is  disallowed  for  error  of  fact  in  certificate. 
If  a  payment  made  on  the  certificate  of  an  officer  as  to  the  facts  is 
afterwards  disallowed  for  error  of  fact  in  the  certificate,  it  will  pass 
to  the  credit  of  the  disbursing  officer  and  be  charged  to  the  officer  who 
gave  the  certificate;  but  the  disbursing  officer  can  not  protect  himself 
in  an  erroneous  payment  made  without  due  care  by  charging  lack  of 
care  against  the  officer  who  gave  the  certificate.     (654) 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EXAMINATION  OF  MONEY  ACCOUNTS 

243.  Examination  of  accounts  by  chiefs  of  bureaus;  explanation 
or  appeal  in  case  of  suspensions  or  disallowances.     The  chief  of  a 

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bureau  to  which  accounts  pertain  will  cause  each  account  current, 
with  its  accompanying  papers,  to  be  examined  and  transmitted  to  the 
Treasury  Department,  with-  his  decision  indorsed  thereon,  within  60 
days  from  the  date  on  which  such  account  was  received  at  his  office. 
He  will  bring  to  the  notice  of  the  Secretary  of  War  all  matters  of 
account  that  require  or  merit  it.  When  a  suspension  or  disallowance 
is  made,  the  bureau  will  notify  the  officer  that  he  may  have  an  opportu- 
nity to  submit  explanations  or  take  an  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 
(655) 

244.  Errors  or  disallowances  to  be  made  in  next  account  current. 
In  case  of  discovered  error  or  disallowance  in  an  account  upon  its  ex- 
amination by  the  proper  authority,  the  officer  responsible  will,  upon 
notification  thereof,  unless  able  to  furnish  evidence  to  correct  or  re- 
move the  same,  make  the  proper  correction  in  his  next  account  cur- 
rent, and  refer  therein  to  the  particular  voucher  in  which  the  error 
occurred  or  the  disallowance  was  made.     (656) 


PUBLIC   PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND    RESPON- 
SIBILITY 

General  Provisions 

245.  Accountability  and  responsibility.  Accountability  and  re- 
sponsibility devolve  upon  any  person  to  whom  public  property  is 
intrusted  and  who  is  required  to  make  returns  therefor.  Respon- 
sibility without  accountability  devolves  upon  one  to  whom  such  pro- 
perty is  intrusted,  but  who  is  not  required  to  make  returns  therefor. 
An  accountable  officer  is  relieved  from  responsibility  for  property 
for  which  he  holds  a  proper  memorandum  receipt.  A  responsible 
officer  is  not  relieved  from  responsibility  for  public  property  for  which 
he  has  given  memorandum  receipt  until  he  has  returned  the  property 
to  the  accountable  officer  or  has  secured  memorandum  receipt  from  a 
successor,  or  until  he  has  otherwise  been  relieved  by  the  operation  of 
regulations  or  orders.     (657) 

246.  Officer  in  command  of  station  responsible  for  security  of 
property  thereat.  The  officer  in  permanent  or  temporary  command  of 
a  post  or  station  is  responsible  for  the  security  of  all  public  property 
of  the  command,  whether  in  use  or  in  store,  and,  although  for  purposes 
of  periodical  accountability  to  the  War  Department  it  may  all  have 
been  officially  receipted  for  by  subordinate  officers,  the  commanding 

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officer  is  nevertheless  responsible  and  pecuniarily  liable  with  them 
for  the  strict  observance  of  the  regulations  in  regard  to  its  preserva- 
tion, use,  and  issue.  He  will  take  care  that  all  storehouses  are  prop- 
erly guarded,  that  only  reliable  agents  are  employed,  and  only  trust- 
worthy enlisted  men  are  detailed  for  duty  in  them  or  in  connection 
with  property.     (658) 

247.  When  an  officer  in  charge  of  property  is  separated  therefrom. 

If  an  officer  in  charge  of  the  public  property  of  a  command  (not 
properly  pertaining  to  a  company  or  detachment)  is,  by  order,  leave 
of  absence,  or  any  other  cause  separated  from  it,  the  commanding 
officer,  or  an  officer  designated  by  him,  will  receipt  and  account  for  it. 
(659) 

248.  When  all  officers  are  removed  from  charge  of  property.    If  it 

becomes  necessary  to  remove  all  officers  from  the  charge  of  public 
property,  the  commanding  officer  will  take  measures  to  secure  it  and 
report  the  circumstances  to  the  proper  authority.     (660) 

249.  Organization  commander  responsible  for  property  pertaining 
to  organization.  A  company  or  detachment  commander  is  responsible 
for  all  public  property  pertaining  to  his  company  or  detachment,  and 
will  not  transfer  his  accountability  therefor  to  a  successor  during 
periods  of  absence  of  less  than  a  month  unless  so  ordered  by  com- 
petent authority;  when  such  absence  exceeds  a  month,  the  question 
of  responsibility  is  settled  by  the  proper  authority.     (661) 

250.  Organization  commander  responsible  for  property  used  by 
organization  whether  or  not  he  receipts  for  same.  The  officer  in  tem- 
porary or  permanent  command  of  a  company  or  detachment  is 
responsible  for  all  public  property  used  by  or  in  possession  of  the 
command,  whether  he  receipts  for  it  or  not.     (662) 

251.  Property  responsibility  of  company  commander  not  transfer- 
able to  enlisted  man.  The  property  responsibility  of  a  company 
commander  can  not  be  transferred  to  enlisted  men.  It  is  his  duty 
to  attend  personally  to  its  security,  and  to  superintend  issues  himself 
or  cause  them  to  be  superintended  by  a  commissioned  officer.     (663) 

252.  Accountable  officer  not  to  be  separated  from  his  property. 
An  officer  will  not  when  it  can  be  avoided  be  detailed  for  duty  which 
will  separate  him  from  public  property  for  which  he  is  accountable. 
(664) 

253.  Transfer  of  property.  A  transfer  of  public  property  involves 
a    change    of   possession    and    accountability.      In    ordinary    cases    of 

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transfer  the  transferring  officer  will  furnish  the  receiving  officer  with 
invoices  in  duplicate,  accurately  enumerating  the  property,  and  the 
latter  will  return  duplicate  receipts.  Jn  cases  in  which  complete 
transfer  of  property  occurs,'  instead  of  exchanging  separate  invoices 
and  receipts,  as  above  provided,  the  receiving  officer  may  make  direct 
entry  on  the  final  return  (both  original  and  duplicate)  of  his  predeces- 
sor that  all  the  property  thereon  enumerated  as  on  hand  and  trans- 
ferred to  successor  was  received  by  him.  The  transferring  officer 
may  make  similar  entry  on  his  final  return,  stating  that  all  the  property 
therein  enumerated  as  on  hand  and  transferred  to  successor  was 
actually  turned  over  by  him.     (665) 

254.  Stores  that  have  miscarried.  When  an  officer  to  whom  stores 
have  been  forwarded  believes  them  to  have  miscarried  he  will  prompt- 
ly inform  the  issuing  and  forwarding  officers.     (666) 

255.  Failure  to  receipt  for  property.  If  an  officer  to  whom  public 
property  has  been  transferred  fails  to  receipt  for  it  within  a  reason- 
able time,  the  invoicing  officer  will  report  the  facts  to  the  commanding- 
officer  of  the  former  for  action.  Copies  of  all  papers  relating  to  the 
transaction  will  be  filed  with  his  returns.     (667) 

256.  Property  to  be  examined  when  received.  Upon  the  receipt 
of  public  property  by  an  officer  he  will  make  careful  examination  to 
ascertain  its  quality  and  condition,  but  will  not  break  original  pack- 
ages until  issues  are  to  be  made,  unless  he  has  reason  to  believe  the 
contents  defective.  Should  he  discover  defect  or  shortage,  he  will 
apply  for  a  survey  to  determine  it  and  fix  the  responsibility.  Should 
he  consider  the  property  unfit  for  use,  he  will  submit  inventories  in 
duplicate  and  request  the  action  of  an  inspector.  The  same  rule 
will  be  observed  in  regard  to  packages  when  first  opened  for  issue, 
and  for  property  damaged  or  missing  while  in  store.     (668) 

257.  Packages  to  be  examined  by  an  officer  when  opened  for  first 
time.  When  packages  of  supplies  are  opened  for  the  first  time, 
whether  because  of  apparent  defect  or  for  issue,  the  officer  responsible 
or  some  other  commissioned  officer  will  be  present  and  verify  the 
contents  by  actual  weight,  count,  or  measurement,  as  circumstances 
may  require,  and  in  case  of  deficiency  or  damage  will  make  written 
report  of  the  facts  to  the  post  commander.  If  only  the  officer  re- 
sponsible be  present  and  make  the  report,  he  will  secure  the  sworn 
statements  in  writing  of  one  or  more  civilians  or  enlisted  men  regard- 
ing the  condition  of  the  property  when  examined.  Should  a  survey  be 
ordered,  the  post  commander  will  refer  to  the  surveying  officer  the 

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report  made  by  the  examining  officer,  together  with  the  sworn  state- 
ments.    (669) 

258.  Giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  prohibited.  The  giving 
or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  property  is  prohibited.     (670) 

259.  When  impracticable  for  an  officer  to  personally  superintend 
issues.  When  it  is  impracticable  for  an  officer  to  personally  super- 
intend his  issues — as  may  be  the  case  with  one  charged  with  disburse- 
ments or  the  care  of  depots — he  should  choose  with  great  caution  the 
agent  to  whom  he  intrusts  the  duty.     (673) 

260.  Keys  of  storerooms  or  chests.  The  keys  of  storerooms  or 
chests  will  not  be  intrusted  to  enlisted  men  or  civilians  without  great 
vigilance  on  the  part  of  the  accountable  officer  and  a  resort  to  every 
reasonable  precaution,  including  frequent  personal  inspections,  to 
prevent  loss  or  damage.     (674) 

261.  Property  to  be  kept  in  serviceable  condition  by  repairs.     An 

officer  in  charge  of  public  property  in  use  or  in  store  will  endeavor 
by  timely  repairs  to  keep  it  in  serviceable  condition.  For  this  pur- 
pose the  necessary  means  will  be  allowed  on  requisition,  and  property 
in  store  so  repaired  will  be  issued.     (675) 

262.  Movable  property  to  be  branded.  All  movable  public  prop- 
erty will,  if  practicable,  be  conspicuously  branded  "U.  S."  before  being 
used.     (676) 

263.  Public  property  or  labor  not  to  be  used  for  private  purpose. 

Public  property  will  not  be  used  nor  will  labor  hired  for  the  Govern- 
ment be  employed  for  any  private  purpose  whatsoever,  except  as 
authorized  in  these  regulations.     (677) 

264.  Classification  of  unserviceable  property.  Unserviceable  prop- 
erty is,  with  reference  to  its  disposition,  divided  into  classes  as  follows: 

1.  Property  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service  which 
has  no  salable  value. 

2.  Property  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service  which 
presumably  has  some  salable  value. 

3.  Property  which  has  been  rendered  unserviceable  from  causes 
other  than  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service. 

Property  of  the  first  class  may  be  submitted  to  a  surveying 
officer  and  disposed  of  as  indicated  in  A.  R.  717  (see  par.  298  this 
book),  or  it  may  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  without  prior  action 
of  a  surveying  officer. 

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Property  of  the  second  class  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector 
without  prior  action  of  a  surveying  officer. 

Property  of  the  third  class  will  be  submitted  to  a  surveying 
officer,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1073  in  case  of  public  animals, 
and  unless  destroyed  under  the  provisions  of  A.  R.  717,  will  sub- 
sequently be  submitted  to  an  inspector.  The  inventory  and  inspection 
reports  will  be  accompanied  by  the  report  of  the  surveying  officer. 
(678) 

265.  Disposition  of  empty  barrels,  boxes,  crates,  etc.  Empty 
barrels,  boxes,  crates,  and  other  packages,  together  with  metal  turn- 
ings, scrap  metals,  ground  bone,  and  other  waste  products  which 
accumulate  at  arsenals,  depots,  and  military  posts,  which  are  unsuit- 
able for  the  public  service,  will  be  disposed  of  in  the  manner  pre- 
scribed for  property  condemned  and  ordered  sold  in  the  following 
paragraph.     (679) 

266.  Disposition  of  stores  and  property  condemned  and  ordered 
sold.  Military  stores  and  public  property  condemned  and  ordered 
sold  will  be  disposed  of  for  cash  at  auction,  or  to  the  highest  bidder 
on  sealed  proposals,  on  due  public  notice,  and  in  such  market  as  the 
public  interests  may  require.  The  officer  making  the  sale  will  suspend 
it  when  in  his  opinion  better  prices  can  be  obtained,  except  in  the 
case  of  condemned  animals,  the  disposition  of  which  is  provided  for 
in  paragraph  1073.  The  auctioneer's  certified  detailed  account  of  the 
sale,  and  the  vouchers  for  the  expenses  attending  it,  will  be  reported 
on  the  proper  forms  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  property 
pertained.     (680) 

267.  Property  condemned  or  whose  issue  price  has  been  reduced 
will  not  be  purchased  by  responsible  officer.  Public  property  which 
has  been  condemned,  or  the  issue  price  of  which  has  been  reduced  as 
the  result  of  a  survey  or  inspection,  will  not  be  purchased  by  an  officer 
who  was  responsible  therefor  at  the  time  of  condemnation  or  reduc- 
tion of  price,  nor  by  an  officer  who  bore  any  part  in  such  condemnation 
or  reduction.     (681) 

Property  damaged,  lost,  destroyed — rewards 

268.  Classification  of  causes  of  damage  to,  and  of  loss  and  destruc- 
tion of  property.  Causes  of  damage  to,  and  of  loss  and  destruction  of, 
military  property  are  classified  as  follows: 

1.  Unavoidable  causes,  being  those  over  which  the  responsible 
officers  have  no  control,  occurring  (a)  in  the  ordinary  course  of  ser- 
vice, or  (b)  as  incident  to  an  active  campaign. 

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2.     Avoidable   causes,   being  those   due   to   carelessness,   willful- 
ness or  neglect.     (682)    - 

269.  Responsible  officers  to  be  charged  for  damage  to  or  loss  or 
destruction  of  property,  unless  they  can  show  same  was  unavoidable. 

Officers  responsible  for  public  property  will  be  charged  for  any 
damage  to  or  loss  or  destruction  of  the  same,  and  the  money  value  will 
be  deducted  from  their  monthly  pay,  unless  they  show,  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  their  own  affidavits,  or  by  their 
certificates,  supported  by  one  or  more  affidavits,  that  the  damage,  loss, 
or  destruction  was  occasioned  by  unavoidable  causes  and  without  fault 
or  neglect  on  their  part.     (683) 

270.  Officers  who  can  administer  oaths.  Oaths,  where  required 
in  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  Army,  will  be  taken  (except 
when  otherwise  specially  provided)  before  an  officer  of  the  Army 
authorized  by  the  provisions  of  the'  one  hundred  and  fourteenth 
article  of  war  to  administer  oaths;  or  before  an  officer  authorized  by 
the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  by  the  local  municipal  law  to  admin- 
ister oaths.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (684) 

271.  Officers  and  soldiers  to  pay  for  property  lost  or  damaged 
through  their  negligence.  If  an  article  of  public  property  be  lost  or 
damaged  by  the  neglect  or  fault  of  any  officer  or  soldier,  he  shall  pay 
the  value  thereof,  or  the  cost  of  repairs,  at  such  rates  as  may  be 
determined  b}r  a  survey  of  the  property.     (685) 

272.  Amount  charged  not  to  exceed  value  of  article  or  cost  of 
repairs.  The  amount  charged  against  an  enlisted  man  on  the  pay 
rolls  on  account  of  loss  or  damage  of,  or  repairs  to,  Government 
property  shall  not  exceed  the  value  of  the  article  or  cost  of  repairs; 
and  such  charge  will  only  be  made  on  conclusive  proof,  and  never 
without  a  survey,  if  the  soldier  demand  it.  He  will  be  informed  at  the 
time  of  signing  the  pay  rolls  that  his  signature  will  be  regarded  as 
an  acknowledgment  of  the  justice  of  the  charge.     (686) 

273.  Survey  of  property  in  case  of  desertion.  When  a  deserter 
carries  away  public  property,  or  when  such  property  is  lost  through 
his  desertion,  its  value  will  be  determined  by  a  survey  and  charged 
against  him  on  the  next  pay  rolls,  as  prescribed  in  A.  R.  116  (see 
par.  47  this  book).     (687) 

274.  Value  of  property  charged  against  civilian  employees.  If 
articles  of  public  property  are  embezzled,  or  lost  or  damaged  through 
neglect,  by  a  civilian  employee,  the  value  or  damage  as  ascertained 

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(and    by   a    survey    if   necessary)    shall    be    charged    to    him    and    set 
against  any  pay  or  money  due  him.     (688) 

275.  Action  to  be  taken  when  public  property  is  unlawfully  in 
possession  of  persons  not  in  military  service.  Whenever  information 
is  received  that  animals  or  other  property  belonging  to  the  'military 
service  of  the  United  States  are  unlawfully  in  the  possession  of  any 
person  not  in  the  military  service,  the  quartermaster  or  other  proper 
officer  will  promptly  cause  proceedings  to  be  instituted  and  diligently 
prosecuted  before  the  civil  authorities  for  the  recovery  of  the  prop- 
erty; and,  if  the  same  has  been  stolen,  for  the  arrest,  trial,  conviction, 
and  due  punishment  of  the  offender  and  his  accomplices.     (689) 

276.  Seizure  of  public  property  in  hands  of  persons  not  in  military 
service.  Upon  satisfactory  information  that  such  United  States  prop- 
erty, unlawfully  in  the  possession  of  any  parties,  is  likely  to  be 
taken  away,  concealed,  or  otherwise  disposed  of  before  the  necessary 
proceedings  can  be  had  in  the  civil  tribunals  for  its  recovery,  the  post 
or  detachment  commander  will  at  once  cause  the  same  to  be  seized, 
and  will  hold  it  subject  to  any  legal  proceedings  that  may  be  instituted 
by  other  parties.  Persons  caught  in  the  act  of  stealing  public  property 
will  be  summarily  arrested  by  the  troops  and  turned  over  to  the  civil 
authorities  for  trial.     (690) 

277.  Reward  for  recovery  of  lost  or  stolen  property.  When  public 
property  has  been  lost  or  stolen  and  the  officer  responsible  therefor 
has  failed  to  get  possession  of  it  by  the  ordinary  means,  the  post  com- 
mander may  authorize  the  quartermaster  to  offer  a  reward  for  its 
recovery,  such  reward  not  to  exceed  one-fifth  of  the  value  of  the 
property  lost  or  stolen,  and  in  no  case  shall  it  exceed  $50.  If  the 
property  has  been  stolen,  the  reward  shall  include  payment  for  such 
information  as  the  claimant  possesses  in  regard  to  the  larceny  and 
recovery  of  the  property  as  may  lead  to  a  conviction  of  the  guilt}' 
party.     (691) 

278.  Expenses  connected  with  above.  The  expenses  necessarily 
incurred  by  any  action  under  the  three  preceding  paragraphs,  with 
the  exception  of  attorney's  fees,  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster 
Corps,  upon  proper  vouchers  approved  by  the  department  commander. 
Officers  will  promptly  report  their  action  to  department  headquarters. 
(692) 

Property  accountability 

279.  All  public  property  to  be  accounted  for.  All  public  property, 
whether  paid  for  or  not,  must  be  accounted  for  on  the  proper  returns. 

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All  public  property  unaccounted  for  when  discovered  by  an  account- 
able officer  will  be  taken  up  and  the  usual  returns  rendered  therefor. 
When  discovered  by  officers  not  accountable  for  that  class  of  property, 
or  by  enlisted  men  or  civilian  employees,  they  shall  report  the  same  as 
soon  as  practicable  to  an  officer  so  accountable,  who  will  take  it  up 
and  account  for  it.  In  the  absence  of  such  an  accountable  officer 
the  senior  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  civilian  employee  present  will  take 
charge  of  such  property  and  report  it  to  the  commander  of  the 
department  wherein  it  may  be  located  with  a  view  to  its  proper 
disposition.     (693) 

280.  Separate  returns.  An  officer  accountable  for  the  public  prop- 
erty of  two  or  more  companies  will  account  for  that  pertaining  to 
each,  except  quartermaster  supplies,  on  a  separate  return.     (694) 

281.  Property  accountability  not  to  be  transferred  to  enlisted  men. 
Accountability  for  public  property  will  not  be  transferred  to  enlisted 
men,  except  to  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  at  ungarri- 
soned  posts  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps  or  enlisted  men  acting 
as  such.     (692) 

282.  Vouchers  in  certain  cases  to  be  accompanied  by  copies  of 
orders  directing  issues  or  expenditures.  Vouchers  for  issues  or 
expenditures  of  property  not  authorized  by  regulations  will  be 
accompanied  by  copies  of  the  orders  directing  the  issues  or  expendi- 
tures.    (696) 

283.  Officers  to  be  credited  for  expenditure  of  property  made  in 
obedience  to  orders.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure 
of  property  made  in  obedience  to  the  order  of  his  commanding  officer. 
If  the  expenditure  is  disallowed,  it  will  be  charged  to  the  officer  who 
ordered  it.     (697) 

284.  Certificates  and  affidavits  to  accompany  return  in  case  of 
expenditure,  loss  or  destruction  of  property.  Public  property 
expended  in  the  military  service  will  be  accounted  for  by  the  certificate 
of  the  accountable  officer,  and  property  lost  or  destroyed  will  be 
accounted  for  by  the  affidavit  of  the  responsible  officer,  or  by  his 
certificate  supported  by  one  or  more  affidavits.  These  certificates  and 
affidavits  will  accompany  the  return  covering  the  period  during  which 
the  expenditure  occurred  or  the  loss  or  destruction  was  discovered; 
but  in  exceptional  cases,  when  it  is  impracticable  to  submit  such 
certificates  and  affidavits  with  the  return,  these  delayed  vouchers, 
together  with  the  reasons  for  not  transmitting  the  same,  will  be 
specified   upon   the   return,   and   they  will   be   forwarded,   as    soon  as 

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practicable,   properly  numbered  and   indorsed,   to   the   proper  bureau 
of  the  War  Department.     (698) 

285.  In  case  of  court-martial  conviction  for  losing  or  .damaging 
property.  When  an  enlisted  man  has,  by  a  court-martial,  been  con- 
victed of  losing  or  damaging  public  property,  the  .officer  accountable 
for  the  property  will  send  with  his  property  return  a  certified  copy 
of  so  much  of  the  court-martial  order  as  refers  to  the  case,  giving 
number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  of  the  order  and  stating  on  the  face 
of  said   copy  the   rolls   on  which   the   charges   are   made.      (699) 

286.  In  case  of  failure  to  render  returns.  Should  an  officer  or 
agent  of  the  Government  charged  with  public  property  fail  to  render 
the  prescribed  returns  thereof  within  a  reasonable  time,  a  settlement 
of  his  accounts  will  be  made  by  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War 
Department,  and  the  money  value  of  the  property  with  which  he  is 
charged  will  be  reported  against  him  for  stoppage.     (700) 

287.  Limits  of  time  for  rendition  of  property  returns.  All  returns 
of  stores  or  supplies  will  be  rendered  as  required  by  regulations  or 
orders.  Those  of  subsistence  stores  will  be  forwarded  within  10  days 
after  the  expiration  of  the  accounting  periods  and  those  of  other 
classes  of  stores  and  property  within  20  days  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus 
to  which  they  pertain.  In  cases  in  which  complete  transfer  of  prop- 
erty from  one  officer  to  another  occurs  within  an  accounting  period, 
a  return  will  be  forwarded  by  the  officer  making  the  transfer  within 
20  days  after  the  date  of  such  transfer;  but  when  ordnance  property 
is  transferred  by  a  commanding  officer  of  an  ordnance  establishment, 
by  a  coast  defense  ordnance  officer,  or  by  a  post  ordnance  officer,  and 
when  submarine  mine  property  is  transferred  by  a  coast  artillery 
engineer,  within  an  accounting  period,  the  transfer  of  accountability 
will  be  made  on  the  current  return,  which  will  be  completed  and 
rendered  by  the  officer  accountable  at  the  close  of  the  accounting 
period.     (701) 

Administrative  Examination  of  Property  Returns 

288.  Examination  of  return  by  chief  of  bureau  concerned  and 
resulting  action.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  a  return  by 
the  proper  chief  of  bureau,  it  will  be  examined  in  his  office,  and  the 
officer  making  the  return  will  be  notified  of  all  errors  and  irregulari- 
ties found  therein  and  granted  three  months  to  correct  them;  Suspen- 
sions or  disallowances  will  not  be  made  on  account  of  slight  informali- 
ties which   do  not  affect  the  validity  of  a  voucher,  but  the  officer's 

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attention  may  be  called  to  them.  Whenever  the  errors  have  been 
corrected  or  compensation  has  been  made  for  deficient  articles,  and  the 
action  of  the  bureau  chief  is  sustained  or  modified  by  the  Secretary 
of  War,  the  return  will  be  regarded  as  settled,  and  the  officer  who 
rendered  it  will  be  notified  accordingly.     (702) 

289.  When  money  value  of  property  is  to  be  charged  against  an 
officer.  If  the  necessary  corrections  in  the  return  be  not  made  within 
the  prescribed  time,  the  facts  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of 
War.  When  it  shall  have  been  determined  that  the  money  value  of  the 
property  for  which  an  officer  has  failed  to  account  shall  be  refunded 
to  the  United  States,  the  proper  chief  of  bureau  will  forward  to  the 
Auditor  for  the  War  Department  a  certificate  setting  forth  the  condi- 
tion of  the  officer's  property  return,  with  the  statement  that  it  includes 
all  charges  made  up  to  its  date  and  not  previously  certified,  and  that 
he  has  had  a  reasonable  opportunity  to  be  heard  and  has  not  been 
relieved  of  responsibility.  Such  certificate,  when  received,  will  raise 
a  charge  on  the  books  of  the  Treasury  Department  against  the 
officer  until  refundment  shall  have  been  made.     (703) 

SURVEYS  OF  PROPERTY 

290.  Certain  property  to  be  surveyed  before  being  submitted  to 
action  of  inspector.  Public  property  which  has  been  damaged,  except 
by  fair  wear  and  tear,  or  is  unsuitable  for  the  service,  before  being 
submitted  to  an  inspector 'for  condemnation,  will  be  surveyed  by  a 
disinterested    officer,    preferably    the    summary    court    officer.      (710) 

291.  Designation  of  surveying  officer.  The  surveying  officer  will 
be  designated  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment,  separate 
battalion,  post,  or  station,  from  the  field  officers  of  his  command 
whenever  practicable.  Such  officer  may,  however,  be  appointed  by  the 
commanding  officer  of  a  department,  field  army,  division,  brigade,  or 
district.  If  none  but  the  commanding  officer  and  interested  officers 
be  present  for  duty,  then  the  commanding  officer  will  survey  the 
property.  When  only  the  responsible  or  interested  officer  is  present, 
he  will  not  appoint  himself  surveying  officer,  but  will  furnish  the  next 
higher  administrative  commander  his  certificate  of  facts  and  circum- 
stances, supported  by  the  sworn  testimony  of  witnesses,  or  by  the 
affidavits  of  enlisted  men  or  others  who  are  cognizant  thereof.  Should 
the  case  thus  presented  not  be  considered  satisfactory,  or  in  a  case 
in  which  only  interested  officers  with  opposing  interests  are  present 
for  duty  at  the  post  or  station,  the  next  higher  administrative  com- 

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292-293-294-295-296 

mander  may  make  the  necessary  investigation.  In  cases  where  the 
property  in  question  has  been  previously  acted  upon,  the  officer 
making  the  investigation  will-be  so  informed,  and  the  previous  reports 
will  be  considered.     (711) 

292.  Duties  of  surveying  officer.  The  surveying  officer  must  fully 
investigate  matters  submitted  to  him.  He  will  call  for  all  evidence 
attainable,  and  will  not  limit  his  inquiries  to  proofs  or  statements 
presented  by  parties  in  interest.  He  will  rigidly  scrutinize  the 
evidence,  especially  in  cases  of  alleged  theft  or  embezzlement,  and  will 
not  recommend  the  relief  of  officers  or  soldiers  from  responsibility 
unless  fully  satisfied  that  those  charged  with  the  care  of  property 
have  performed  their  whole  duty  in  regard  to  it.  He  should  hear  in 
person  or  by  deposition  all  persons  concerned  in  the  subject  matter 
before  him.  In  no  case,  however,  will  his  report  take  the  place  of  the 
evidence  required  in  A.  R.  683.     (See  par.  269,  this  book.)     (712) 

293.  Responsible  officer  to  furnish  evidence  on  which  he  relies  to 
be  relieved  from  responsibility.  The  person  responsible  for  public 
property  to  be  surveyed  will,  in  all  cases,  furnish  the  original  certifi- 
cates and  affidavits  upon  which  he  relies  to  be  relieved  from  respon- 
sibility, together  with  the  duly  attested  copies  of  such  certificates 
and  affidavits  that  are  to  accompany  the  report  of  survey.     (713) 

294.  Request  for  action  for  surveying  officer  to  be  made  promptly. 
Whenever  loss  or  destruction  of,  or  damage  to,  public  property,  re- 
quiring the  action  of  a  surveying  officer,  occurs,  such  action  will  be 
requested  by  the  responsible  officer  as  soon  as  practicable  and  in  every 
case  within  30  days  after  discovery  of  the  loss,  destruction,  or  dam- 
age, unless  exceptional  circumstances,  which  will  be  explained  by  the 
officer's   certificates,   prevent   such    action   within   that   period.      (713) 

295.  Officers  authorized  to  administer  oaths  to  witnesses.  Any 
officer  of  the  Army  detailed  to  conduct  an  investigation,  and  the 
recorder,  and,  if  there  be  none,  the  presiding  officer  of  any  military 
board  appointed  for  such  purpose,  shall  have  authority  to  administer 
an  oath  to  any  witness  attending  to  testify  or  depose  in  the  course  of 
such  investigation.     (714) 

296.  Powers  and  functions  of  surveying  officer.  The  surveying- 
officer  can  not  condemn  public  property.  His  action  is  purely  advisory. 
He  will  ascertain  and  report  facts,  submitting  opinions  and  making 
recommendations  upon  questions  of  responsibility  which  may  arise 
through  accident,  mistake,  or  neglect.  For  example,  he  investigates 
and  determines  questions  involving  the  character,  amount,  and  cause 

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297-298 

of  damage  or  deficiency  which  public  property  may  have  sustained  in 
transit,  store,  or  use,  and  which  is  not  the  result  of  ordinary  wear  and 
tear  of  the  service,  and  reports  the  investigation  made,  his  opinions 
thereon,  and  fixes  responsibility  for  such  damage  or  deficiency  upon 
the  proper  party.  He  makes  inventories  of  property  ordered  to  be 
abandoned  when  the  articles  have  not  been  enumerated  in  the  orders 
for  abandonment.  He  recommends  the  prices  at  which  damaged 
clothing  may  be  issued  and  the  proportion  in  which  supplies  shall  be 
issued  in  consequence  of  damage  or  deterioration  that  renders  them, 
at  the  usual  rate,  unequal  to  the  regulation  allowance,  fixing  in  each 
instance  responsibility  for  actual  condition.  He  verifies  the  dis- 
crepancy between  invoices  and  the  actual  quantity  or  description  of 
property  transferred  from  one  officer  to  another,  fixes  definitely 
amounts  received  for  which  the  receiving  officer  must  receipt,  and 
ascertains,  as  far  as  possible,  where  and  how  the  discrepancy  has 
occurred.     (715) 

297.  Number  of  reports  prepared.  The  report  will  be  prepared 
in  triplicate  and  will  then  be  submitted  to  the  convening  authority 
for  approval  or  disapproval.  Sepal-ate  reports  will  be  made  for  each 
staff  department  concerned.     (716) 

298.  Destruction  of  property  on  recommendation  of  surveying 
officer.  On  the  approved  recommendation  of  a  surveying  officer  the 
following  classes  of  property  may  be  destroyed:  (1)  Clothing  infected 
with  contagious  disease;  (2)  Stores  that  have  become  so  deteriorated 
as  to  endanger  health  or  injure  other  stores;  and  (3)  unserviceable 
property  of  no  salable  value  submitted  to  a  surveying  officer  under 
the  provisions  of  paragraph  678.  (See  par.  264,  this  book.)  The 
decision  of  the  commanding  officer  will  be  final  as  to  whether  such 
property  has  salable  value. 

When  in  the  application  of  this  paragraph  under  (3),  to 
ordnance  stores,  the  value  of  the  stores  to  be  destroyed  on  any  survey 
shall  bring  the  total  for  the  quarter  for  any  organization  in  excess 
of  the  amounts  hereinafter  given,  the  approval  of  the  next  higher 
administrative    commander    shall    first    be    obtained. 

Cavalry  troops  and  Engineer  and  Signal  Corps  companies, 
$300. 

Batteries   of  Field  Artillery,  $500. 

Infantry  and  Coast  Artillery  companies  and  all  other 
cases,  $150. 

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When  the  disposition  of  unserviceable  articles  is  covered  by 
specific  instructions  of  any  of  the  supply  departments,  they  will  be 
disposed  of  in  accordance  with  such  instructions  in  lieu  of  being 
destroyed  under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph,  but  requests  for 
specific  instructions  will  not  be  submitted  in  individual  cases  instead 
of  placing  the  property  before  a  surveying  officer  or  inspector. 

Before  ordering  the  destruction  of  property  or  stores  under 
the  provisions  of  this  paragraph  the  commanding  officer  will  person- 
ally inspect  the  same  and  will  be  held  responsible  that  the  condi- 
tions justify  the  action.  In  case  the  invoice  value  of  the  stores  in- 
volved exceeds  $500,  the  approval  of  the  next  higher  administrative 
commander  will  be  obtained  before  destruction  of  the  property,  as 
provided  in  A.  R.  719,  (see  par.  300,  this  book).  A  certificate  of  the 
witnessing  officer  that  the  property  has  been  destroyed  as  authorized 
will  be  appended  to  the  report.     (717) 

299.  Completion  of  report  when  amount  does  not  exceed  $500; 
disposition  of  copies  of  report.  When  the  value  of  the  property  sub- 
mitted for  survey  or  the  loss  or  damage  to  be  inquired  into  does  not 
exceed  $500  the  report  will  be  considered  complete,  for  submission 
as  a  property  voucher,  upon  the  approval  of  the  appointing  authority, 
if  the  interested  officer  does  not  request  the  action  of  the  next  higher 
administrative  commander.  One  copy  will  then  be  forwarded  to  the 
Commanding  officer  of  the  post,  if  a  general  officer,  otherwise  to 
department  headquarters,  and  the  others  delivered  to  the  officer 
accountable.     (718) 

300.  When  report  will  be  forwarded  to  next  higher  administra- 
tive commander  for  review.  Should  the  appointing  authority  be  the 
responsible  or  interested  officer,  or  should  the  report  be  disapproved 
by  the  appointing  authority,  or  should  the  report  hold  the  accountable 
officer  responsible,  or  should  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for 
survey  or  the  loss  or  damage  to  be  inquired  into  exceed  $500,  or  should 
the  officer  pecuniarily  interested  request  it,  the  report  in  triplicate  will 
be  forwarded  to  the  next  higher  administrative  commander  for  review, 
and  with  his  action  is  complete.  But  all  reports  of  surveys  of  prop- 
erty, whatever  their  nature  or  the  amounts  involved,  are  subject  on 
call  to  such  review  of  the  next  higher  administrative  commander  as 
the  merits  of  the  case  or  the  interests  of  the  Government  may  require. 
(719) 

301.  Conditions  necessary  before  approving  reports  relieving 
officers  and  enlisted  men  from  responsibility.     The  reports  of  a  sur- 

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302 

vey  which  recommend  the  relief  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  from 
responsibility  should  not  be  approved  unless  full  and  careful  investi- 
gation and  convincing  proof  to  sustain  the  findings  appear.     (720) 

302.     Discrepancy,   loss    or   damage    in   case    of   property   transit. 

When  the  approved  report  of  a  surveying  officer  holds  a  common 
carrier,  or  a  person  not  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States, 
responsible  for  the  loss  of  or  damage  to  public  property  or  stores, 
steps  will  at  once  be  taken  to  make  collection  from  the  party  so  held 
responsible.  Public  property  that  has  been  in  transit  will  be  carefully 
checked  upon  arrival  at  its  destination  by  the  receiving  quartermaster 
with  the  bill  of  lading  or  manifest  in  order  to  ascertain  whether  the 
carrier  has  fully  carried  out  all  obligations  imposed  upon  him.  Should 
any  discrepancy,  loss,  or  damage  be  found,  the  receiving  quarter- 
master will  at  once  make  application  for  a  surveying  officer  by  whom 
the  facts  will  be  fully  investigated  (unless  the  carrier  voluntarily 
assumes  liability  for  the  loss)  and  the  money  value  of  the  damage  or 
deficiency  will  be  charged  to  the  party  responsible  therefor,  whether 
it  be  the  invoicing  officer  or  the  carrier.  The  property  will  be  delivered 
by  the  receiving  quartermaster  to  the  officer  to  whom  it  is  invoiced 
or  to  other  proper  consignee  with  a  statement  of  the  deficiency  or 
damage  and  that  action  by  a  surveying  officer  has  been  requested. 
Upon  approval,  the  authority  that  approves  the  reports  of  the  survey- 
ing officer  will  transmit  1  copy  to  the  receiving  quartermaster,  1  copy 
to  the  officer  to  whom  the  property  is  invoiced,  and  1  copy  to  depart- 
ment headquarters. 

In  case  the  report  of  the  surveying  officer  finds  the  invoicing 
officer  responsible,  1  copy  of  the  report  will  be  sent  to  the  invoicing 
officer  instead  of  to  the  receiving  quartermaster.  In  case  the  responsi- 
bility is  fixed  upon  the  carrier  the  receiving  quartermaster  will  note 
on  the  bill  of  lading  the  deduction  which  shall  be  made  for  such  loss 
or  damage  by  the  quartermaster  who  pays  the  account,  and  will  attach 
to  the  bill  of  lading  2  copies  of  the  approved  report  of  the  surveying 
officer.  The  quartermaster  who  pays  the  account  will  make  the 
reduction  and  refund  the  amount  stopped  to  the  proper  department 
in  the  following  manner  for  example:  If  from  an  account  of  $100 
for  transportation  services  there  is  a  deduction  of  $25  for  ordnance 
stores  lost,  the  quartermaster  will  take  credit  under  the  proper  item 
number  of  "Supplies,  services  and  transportation, "  for  $75  paid  to  the 
carrier,  and  also  for  $25  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United    States    on    account    of    "Replacing    ordnance    and    ordnance 

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stores";  but  if  the  deduction  is  on  account  of  supplies  lost  by  the 
carrier,  pertaining  to  the  appropriation  "Barracks  and  quarters,"  he 
will  take  credit  on  his  account  current,  under  the  proper  item  number 
of  "Supplies,  services,  and  transportation,"  for  $25  as  carried  to 
"Barracks  and  quarters,"  under  which  head  he  will  charge  himself 
with  that  amount.  If,  in  any  instance,  collection  can  not  be  made, 
that  fact,  together  with  reasons  therefor,  will  be  reported  to  the 
proper  chief  of  bureau. 

Should  the  officer  to  whom  the  property  is  invoiced  on  receipt 
of  the  same  discover  loss,  damage,  or  discrepancy  not  noted  by  the 
receiving  quartermaster,  he  will  at  once  make  application  for  a 
surveying  officer,  notifying  the  receiving  quartermaster  of  the  action. 

In  the  case  of  shipments  to  the  Philippine  Islands  via  com- 
mercial lines,  the  receiving  quartermaster  is  authorized  to  accomplish 
bills  of  lading  on  the  receipt  of  stores,  noting  thereon  the  value  of 
the  stores  lost  or  damaged,  as  shown  by  the  invoices,  plus  the  cost 
of  transportation,  settlement  to  be  made  with  the  carriers  with  proper 
deduction  to  cover  the  value  of  the  stores  and  the  cost  of  transpor- 
tation, final  settlement  to  await  the  action  of  a  surveying  officer,  to  be 
called  for  immediately  by  the  receiving  officer.     (721) 

303.  Approved   survey  reports   as  vouchers  to  property  returns. 

Properly  approved  reports  of  surveys  of  property  may  be  submitted  as 
vouchers  to  property  returns.  They  are  not  to  be  considered  as 
conclusive  until  accepted  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  Until  then  they 
are  to  be  regarded  simply  as  the  opinions  and  recommendations  of 
disinterested  officers,  to  aid  in  the  settlement  of  questions  of  accounta- 
bility between  the  Government  and  the  individuals  concerned.  If,  on 
examination  in  the  proper  bureau,  they  exhibit  serious  errors,  or 
defects  either  of  investigation  or  of  finding,  they  will  not  be  accepted 
as  sufficient  vouchers,  and  the  officer  submitting  them  will  be  duly 
notified,  that  he  may  have  opportunity  to  make  explanations  or  appeal 
to  the  Secretary  of  War.     (722) 

304.  Survey  reports  recommending  stoppages  against  enl'sted 
men.  Whenever  a  report  of  a  survey  recommends  a  stoppage  against 
an  enlisted  man  and  the  recommendation  is  approved,  the  appointing 
authority  will  cause  a  copy  of  the  report  to  be  furnished  to  the  com- 
pany commander,  who  will  charge  the  amount  on  the  next  pay  rolls 
of  the  company.     (724) 

305.  Compensation  for  private  property  of  officers  or  men  lost  or 
destroyed    in    the    military    service.     Compensations    may    be    made 

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306 

under  the  provisions  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1885, 
as  extended  by  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  4,  1915,  for  priv- 
ate property  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  lost  or  destroyed  in  the 
military  service  under  any  of  the  following  circumstances: 

1.  Without  fault  or  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  claimant,  and 
on  account  of  some  exigency  or  necessity  of  the  military  service. 

2.  Where  the  private  property  so  lost  or  destroyed  was  shipped 
on  board  an  unseaworthy  vessel  by  order  of  an  officer  authorized  to 
give  such  order  or  direct  such  shipment. 

3.  Where  it  appears  that  the  loss  or  destruction  of  the  private 
property  of  the  claimant  was  in  consequence  of  his  having  given  his 
attention  to  the  saving  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  United  States 
which  was  in  danger  at  the  same  time  and  under  similiar  circum- 
stances. 

4.  For  the  loss  or  damage  to  the  regulation  allowance  of 
baggage  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  sustained  in  shipment  under 
orders,  to  the  extent  of  such  loss  or  damage  over  and  above  the 
amount  recoverable  from  the  carrier  furnishing  the  transportation, 
providing  such  loss  or  damage  occurred  on  or  after  March  4,  1915. 

Compensation  will  not  be  made  for  losses  sustained  in  time 
of  war  or  hostilities  with  Indians,  and  claim  for  compensation  must 
be  presented  within  two  years  from  the  occurrence  of  the  loss  or 
destruction.  Each  claim  for  compensation  will  be  forwarded,  through 
military  channels  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  and  will, 
if  possible,  be  accompanied  by  the  proceedings  of  a  board  of  officers 
showing  fully  the  circumstances  of  the  loss.  All  personal  property 
for  the  loss  or  destruction  of  which  payment  is  claimed  must  be 
enumerated  and  described  in  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  officers, 
but  the  board  will  recommend  payment  for  only  such  articles  as  in 
the  opinion  of  the  board  were  reasonable,  useful,  necessary,  and 
proper  for  the  claimant  to  have  in  the  public  service  in  the  line  of  duty. 

As  in  most  cases  the  property  for  which  compensation  is 
claimed  has  been  more  or  less  worn,  the  board  will  determine  the 
value  of  each  particular  article  and  recommend  the  amounts  to  which 
claimants  may  be  entitled.     (726) 

STAFF  ADMINISTRATION 

306.     Commanding    officers    responsible    for    prompt    rendition    of 
returns,    requisitions    and    estimates   pertaining    to    their    commands. 

Commanding  officers   will  cause   returns,   requisitions,   and   estimates 

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307-308-309-310-311-312 

pertaining  to  their  respective   commands   to   be  promptly   made  and 
forwarded.     (748) 

307.  Staff  officers  to  submit  estimates  and  requisitions  to  immedi- 
ate commanders  for  scrutiny.  Officers  doing  duty  as  staff  officers  of 
military  posts  and  commands  will  submit  their  estimates  and  requisi- 
tions for  supplies,  property,  and  money  to  their  immediate  command- 
ing officers  for  revision  and  approval,  who  will  carefully  examine  esti- 
mates and  requisitions  and  satisfy  themselves  that  money  or  articles 
asked  for  are  in  amount,  quantity,  and  kind  actually  required  for 
the  public  service  during  the  period  covered.     (749) 

308.  Commanding  officers  to  enforce  economy  and  guard  public 
interests.  It  is  the  duty  of  commanding  officers  to  enforce  rigid 
economy  in  public  expenditures  and  to  correct  all  irregularity  and 
extravagance  which  they  may  discover;  to  see  that  disbursements  are 
economically  made  and  that  public  property  is  protected;  to  scrutinize 
carefully  all  contracts  and  vouchers  for  disbursements;  and  to  guard 
the  public  interests  in  every  particular.     (751) 

MILITARY  CORRESPONDENCE 

309.  Letters  to  refer  to  one  subject  only.  An  official  letter  should 
refer  to  one  subject  only.     (775) 

310.  Letters  of  transmittal.  Letters  of  transmittal  will  be  used 
only  when  necessary,  and  when  used  must  refer  only  to  the  matter 
transmitted;  none  are  required  with  rolls,  returns,  estimates,  requisi- 
tions, or  periodical  reports.     (775) 

311.  Telegrams  in  certain  cases  to  be  followed  by  copies  by  mail. 
Telegrams  will  be  followed  by  official  copies  sent  by  first  mail  in 
cases  of  financial  transactions  of  more  than  trifling  importance  and 
in  cases  in  which  chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  may  deem 
it  necessary  themselves  to  send,  or  to  require  officers  serving  under 
their  immediate  control  to  send  to  them,  such  copies.     (775) 

Letters,  indorsements,  and  inclosures 

312.  Army  Regulations  on  subject.  Letters  will  be  written,  folded, 
numbered,  briefed,  marked,  and  signed;  indorsements  will  be  written, 
numbered,  and  signed;  and  inclosures  will  be  numbered  and  marked 
as  prescribed  in  orders  from  the  War  Department.  .  Models  illustrat- 
ing the  system  are  furnished  from  The  Adjutant  General's  Office. 
(776) 

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312  (contd.) 
[Note.     The   following  two   paragraphs    (312   and  313)    give 
the  War  Department  correspondence  order  and  the  War  Department 
"Correspondence  Model." — Author.] 

War  Department  correspondence  order.  The  following  is  the 
War  Department  order  (G.  O.  23/12)  prescribing  and  explaining  the 
system  of  Army  correspondence: 

The  method  of  writing  letters  and  indorsements  prescribed 
herein  will  be  used  hereafter  in  all  official  correspondence  in  the 
service  of  the  War  Department  and  the  Army  and  with  bureaus  of 
executive  departments. 

1.  Heading,  subject,  and  number  of  letter. — The  letter  will  begin 
with  the  place  and  date,  written  as  at  present;  below  this,  beginning  at  the 
left  margin,  will  come  the  word  "From,"  followed  by  the  official  designa- 
tion of  the  writer,  or,  in  the  absence  of  any  official  designation,  the  name 
of  the  writer  with  his  rank  and  regiment,  corps,  or  department;  below 
this,  also  beginning  at  the  left  margin,  will  come  the  word  "To,"  followed 
by  the  official  designation  or  name  of  the  person  addressed.  Next  will 
come  the  subject  of  the  communication,  indicated  as  briefly  as  possible 
and  in  not  to  exceed  10  words.  The  words  "From,"  "To,"  and  "Subject" 
will  begin  on  the  same  vertical  line.  The  sending  office  number  of  the 
communication  will  appear  in  the  upper  left-hand  corner. 

Example 
176. 

Hq.    Eastern    Division,1 
Governors  Island,  N.  Y .,  May  25,  ign. 
From:  The  Adjutant  General.2 
To:  Captain  John  A.  Smith,  1st  Inf. 

(Through  C.  CX,  Madison  Barracks,  N.  Y.) 
Subject:  Delay  in  submitting  reports. 

The  Division  Commander  directs  that  you  submit  without  further 
delay  the  reports  of  your  recent  inspection  of  the  Organized  Militia  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  and  that  you  submit  an  explanation  of  your  failure 
to  comply  with  par.  6,  S.  O.  25,  c.  s.,  these  headquarters. 

J.  R.  Henry. 


In  case  of  letter  paper,  the  upper  third,  and  in  case  of  foolscap, 
the  upper  fourth  of  the  sheet,  will  be  devoted  solely  to  the  matter 
described  in  this  paragraph.     (See  par.  7,  this  order.) 


1  Now   Department,    territorial    divisions   having   been    abolished. 

2  Now  Department  Adjutant. 

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312  (contd.) 

2.  Body. — Then  will  come  the  body  of  the  letter,  which,  when 
typewritten,  will  be  written  single-spaced,  with  a  double  space  between 
paragraphs,  which  will  be  numbered  consecutively. 

3.  Signature. — The  body  of  the  letter  will  be  followed  by  the  signa- 
ture. If  the  rank  and  the  regiment,  corps  or  department  of  the  writer 
appear  at  the  beginning  of  the  letter,  they  will  not  appear  after  his  name ; 
but  if  they  do  not  appear  at  the  beginning  of  the  letter,  they  will  follow 
under  his  name  as  at  present.     For  example : 

200.  Company  A,  24th  Infantry, 

Madison  Barracks,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  3,  1911. 
From :  Commanding  Officer,  Co.  A,  24th  Inf. 
To :  The  Commanding  Officer. 
Subject:  Pvt.  Smith's  case. 

The  case  of  Pvt.  Smith  has  been  investigated  and  charges  have 
been  preferred  under  the  62  A.  W. 

Robert  Jones, 
1st  Lt.y  24th  Inf. 


Madison  Barracks,  N.  Y., 
Jan.  10,  1911. 
From :  Capt.  John  A.  Smith,  24th  Inf. 
To :  The  Adjutant  General,  U.  S.  A. 
Subject:  Leave  of  absence. 

I  have  this  day  taken  advantage  of  the  leave  granted  me  by 
par.  1,  S.  O.  1,  Hq.  D.  E.,  1911.  My  address  will  be  c/o  Army  and  Navy 
Club,  107  West  43d  St,  New  York. 

John  A.  Smith. 

4.  Omission  of  ceremonial  forms. — All  ceremonial  forms  at  the 
beginning  and  end  of  letters,  such  as  "Sir,"  "I  have  the  honor,"  "I  would 
respectfully,"  "Very  respectfully,"  etc.,  will  be  omitted. 

5.  Use  of  only  one  side  of  sheet. — Only  one  side  of  the  paper  will 
be  used,  the  writing  beginning  about  one  inch  from  the  top. 

6.  Office  marks. — The  stamps  bearing  the  office  numbers  will  be 
placed  on  the  back  of  the  lower  fold  of  the  first  sheet.  The  received  and 
received-back  stamps  will  be  placed  immediately  below  the  body  of  the 
letter,  and,  in  the  case  of  indorsements,  immediately  after  the  proper 
indorsement.  When  a  communication  of  two  or  more  sheets  is  filed,  the 
back  of  the  lower  fold  of  the  sheet  will  be  on  the  outside,  thus  exposing 
to  view  the  office  numbers. 

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312  (contd.) 

7.  Brief. — The  matter  described  in  paragraph  1  of  this  order  will 
constitute  the  brief  of  the  letter. 

8.  Folding. — Letter  paper  will  be  folded  in  three,  and  foolscap  in 
four,  equal  folds,  parallel  with  the  writing;  the  top  fold  will  be  folded 
toward  the  back  of  the  letter  and  the  lower  fold  over  the  face  of  the  letter. 
In  three-fold  letters  both  the  brief  and  the  office  mark  will  be  on  the  out- 
side. In  three-fold  letters  of  more  than  one  sheet  the  two  lower  folds  of 
the  sheets  other  than  the  first  will  be  placed  between  the  first  and  second 
folds  of  the  first  sheet,  thus  exposing  to  view  both  the  brief  and  the  office 
mark.  In  four-fold  letters,  whether  of  one  or  more  sheets,  the  brief  will 
be  exposed  to  view  by  covering  the  office  mark  fold,  or  the  office  mark 
be  exposed  to  view  by  covering  the  brief,  according  as  it  is  desired  to  keep 
either  the  one  or  the  other  exposed  to  view  for  the  purpose  in  hand. 

9.  Inclosures. — All  inclosures  will  be  numbered  and  will  be  given  the 
proper  office  marks.  Inclosures  to  the  original  communication  will  be 
noted  on  the  face  of  the  letter  to  the  left  of  the  signature.  If  others  are 
added  when  an  indorsement  is  made,  their  number  will  be  noted  at  the 
foot  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  pertain  and  also  on  the  back  of  the 
lower  fold  of  the  first  sheet  of  the  original  communication.  To  the  latter 
notation  will  be  added  the  number  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they 
belong,  thus  "One  inclosure — fifth  indorsement."  Inclosures  to  indorse- 
ments are  numbered  in  the  same  series  as  those  to  the  original  paper  and 
the  number  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  belong  is  added  below.  If 
few  in  number  and  not  bulky,  inclosures  may  be  kept  inside  the  original 
paper ;  otherwise  they  will  be  folded  together  in  a  wrapper  marked 
"Inclosures."  Officers  through  whose  hands  official  papers  pass  will  make 
the  inclosures  secure  when  they  are  not  so. 

(Construction.) — The  provisions  of  paragraph  9,  General  Orders, 
No.  23,  War  Department,  August  5,  1912,  relating  to  the  numbering  and 
noting  of  inclosures,  are  construed  to  require  that  the  entry  of  serial 
numbers  on  inclosures  and  of  notations  on  papers  to  show  the  presence  of 
inclosures  to  an  original  communication  or  to  show  inclosures  added  to  or 
withdrawn  from  a  case  when  indorsements  are  written,  as  illustrated  by 
the  Correspondence  Model  distributed  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army,  will  be  made  in  the  office  in  which  the  inclosures  concerned  origi- 
nate or  are  added  or  withdrawn.  The  total  number  of  inclosures  accom- 
panying a  paper  will  be  noted  at  the  foot  of  each  indorsement  thereon. 
(Bulletin  24/12.) 

10.     General—  (Revoked  by  par.  Ill,  G.  O.  53/13.) 


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312  (contd.) 

INDORSEMENTS 

11.  Form. — The  writing  width  of  indorsements  will  be  the  same  as 
that  of  letters.  The  first  indorsement  will  begin  about  one-half  inch  below 
the  rank  after  the  signature  of  the  writer  of  the  letter,  and  succeeding 
indorsements  will  follow  one  another  serially,  with  a  space  of  about  one- 
half  inch  between  indorsements. 

The  serial  number  of  the  indorsement,  the  place,  the  date,  and  to 
whom  written,  will  be  written  as  shown  in  the  example.  (See  par.  14, 
this  order.) 

When  typewritten,  indorsements  will  be  written  single-spaced 
with  a  double  space  between  paragraphs.  The  paragraphs  will  be  numbered 
consecutively. 

12.  Additional  sheets. — Should  one  or  more  additional  sheets  be 
necessary  for  indorsements,  sheets  of  the  same  size  as  the  letter  will  be 
used. 

13.  "Respectfully  referred/'  etc.,  to  be  omitted. — In  referring,  trans- 
mitting, forwarding,  and  returning  papers,  the  expressions  "Respectfully 
referred,"  "Respectfully  transmitted,"  "Respectfully  forwarded,"  and 
"Respectfully  returned,"  will  be  omitted. 

14.  Routine  indorsements  to  be  signed  with  initials. — Indorsements  of 
a  routine  nature,  referring,  transmitting,  forwarding,  and  returning  papers, 
will  not  be  signed  with  the  full  name,  but  with  the  initials.    For  example  ? 

1st  Ind. 
Hq.  24  Inf.,  Madison  Bks.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  1,  1911— To  C.  O.,  Co.  C,  24  Inf. 
To  note  and  return.     M.  A.  R. 

2nd  Ind. 
Co.  C,  24  Inf.,  Madison  Bks.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  2,  1911 — To  the  Commanding 
Officer. 
Returned.  Contents  noted.  I.  K.  S. 


Nothing  in  this  order  shall  be  construed  as  prohibiting  the  prac- 
tice that  obtains  at  present  at  division,  department,  and  other  headquarters 
of  referring,  transmitting,  forwarding,  and  returning  papers  to  the  various 
staff  officers  thereat  without  signature  or  initials. 

LETTERS  AND  INDORSEMENTS 
15.     Numbering  of  pages. — The  pages,  beginning  with  the  first,  will  be 
numbered  midway,  about  one-half  inch  from  the  bottom.     In  referring  to 
an  indorsement  by  number  the  number  of  the  page  will  also  be  given. 
Thus :    "5th  Ind.,  page  3." 

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312  (contd.) 
16.  Carbon  copies. — All  letters  and  indorsements  that  are  typewritten, 
excepting  letters  of  transmittal,  reports  of  taking  leave  of  absence,  peri- 
odical reports  and  other  communications  of  a  similar  nature,  will  be  made 
with  two  carbon  copies;  one  copy  will  be  retained  for  the  records  of  the 
office  in  which  the  letter  was  written,  and  the  other  will  be  forwarded 
with  the  communication  for  the  files  of  the  first  office  in  which  a  complete 
copy  of  the  communication  is  required  for  the  records,  but  such  forwarded 
copy  will  not  be  regarded  as  an  inclosure  within  the  meaning  of  paragraph 
9,  of  this  order.  The  carbon  copy  retained  for  the  office  record  will  be 
initialed  by  the  person  responsible  for  the  letter,  and  such  person  is 
charged  with  the  duty  of  seeing  that  the  name  of  the  official  who  signs 
the  letter  and  any  changes  made  before  signature  are  inserted  in  the  car- 
bon. (Note:  The  name  of  the  writer  should  be  typewritten  in  the  case 
of  the  carbon  copy  sent  forward. — Author.)  When  a  complete  copy  of  a 
communication  is  not  required  for  the  records  of  an  intermediate  office 
the  carbon  copy  will  be  forwarded  to  the  next  office.  In  offices  authorized 
to  use  the  record  system  prescribed  in  General  Orders,  No.  92,  War 
Department,  1909  (see  G.  O.,  216,  War  Department,  1909),  the  carbon 
copies  will  be  made  on  sheets  of  perforated  paper,  furnished  by  the  Quar- 
termaster's Department,  with  perforated  sections  the  same  width  as  the 
standard  record  file  cards ;  the  sheets  will  be  torn  along  the  perforations 
and  the  sections  attached  to  the  record  file  cards.  In  other  offices,  the 
carbon  copies  will  be  made  on  ordinary  paper  and  the  retained  copy  filed 
in  document  file.  The  provisions  of  this  paragraph  apply  only  to  com- 
munications addressed  to  individuals  and  offices  within  the  military  service. 

17.  Press  copies. — Hereafter  press  copies  will  not  be  used  except  by 
written  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

18.  Communications  written  prior  to  the  receipt  of  this  order  are  not 
subject  to  its  provisions  when  in  the  future  they  are  received  or  trans- 
mitted by  any  office  or  individual. 

19.  Printed  and  multigraph  forms. — Nothing  in  this  order  is  intended 
to  prohibit  the  use  of  printed  or  multigraph  forms  of  letters  and  indorse- 
ments in  offices  now  using  such  forms,  provided  the  forms  conform  to  the 
general  principles  of  this  order.  The  back  of  the  first  sheet  of  such  forms, 
except  the  fold  containing  office  marks,  may  be  used  for  indorsements. 

20.  Channels  of  communication. — All  classes  of  official  communica- 
tions heretofore  addressed  to  the  adjutants  or  to  adjutants  general  other 
than  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  will  in  the  future  be  addressed  to 
the  commanding  officer  concerned. 

21.  Points  not  touched  upon  in  this  order  will  be  governed  by  the 
present  regulations  on  the  subject  of  correspondence. 

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312  (contd.) 

22.    Example. — The   following  example  will  be  used  as   a   guide   in 
carrying  out  the  instructions  contained  in  this  order : 

20  Fort  Riley,  Kansas, 

From:  The  Ordnance  Officer.  October  27,  igio. 

To :     The  Commanding  Officer,  7th  Cav. 
Subject:     New  system  of  issuing  ordnance  stores. 

1.  In  compliance  with  instructions  contained  in  a  letter  from  the 
Adjutant  General's  Office,  dated  November  27,  1909,  regarding  the  testing 
of  a  new  system  of  issuing  ordnance  stores,  the  following  report  concern- 
ing the  working  of. this  system  is  submitted. 

2.  As  far  as  I  have  been  able  to  observe,  the  new  system  has  no  dis- 
advantages.    Its  advantages  are : 

A B , 


ist  Lt.,  7th  Cav. 
1st  Ind. 
Hq.  7th  Cav.,  Ft.  Riley,  Kans.,  Oct.  29,  1910— To  the  C.  O.,  Ft.  Riley,  Kans. 
I  concur  in  the  conclusions  of  the  Ordnance  Officer. 

C D , 

Major,  yth  Cav.,  Comdg. 

2d  Ind. 
Hq.  Ft.  Riley,  Kans.,  Nov.  1,   1910— To  Comdg.  Gen.,  Dept.  of  the  Mo. 
Approved. 

E F , 

Brig.  Gen.  Comdg. 
(Stamp)  To  Chief  Ordnance  Officer. 

3d  Ind. 
Hq.    Dept.    of   the   Mo.,    Nov.   2,    1910— To   The   Adjt.    Gen.,    U.    S.    A. 
Approved. 

G H , 

Brig.  Gen.  Comdr/. 

4th  Ind. 
A.  G.  O,  Nov.  5,  1910— To  the  C.  of  O. 

36949—204                                        5th  Ind.  Ghs— Bam 

Office  of  the  C.  of  O.,   Nov.  9,   1910— To  Comdg.   Officer,  Rock  Island 
Arsenal. 

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312  (contd.) 
For  remark  with  reference  to  paragraph  2  of  the  within  letter. 

By  order  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  I J , 

Capt.  Ord.  Dept. 
159—181 

36949—204  6th  Ind.  Hf— L 

Rock  Island  Arsenal,  111.,  Nov.  14,  1910— To  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1.  It  is  the  practice  of  this  Arsenal  to  make  shipments  of  all  articles 
required  0n      ********** 

2.  The  final   shipment  in  this   particular  case  was   delayed  by  the 
failure  of to  supply  acceptable    ***** 

K L , 

Lt.  Col.  Ord.  Dept.  Comdg. 
(Stamp)  Rec'd  Back,  O.  C.  of  O.,  Nov.  16,  1910. 

36949—204  7th  Ind.  JMy 

Office  of  the  C.  of  O.,  Nov.  17,  1910— To  The  Adjt.  Gen.,  U.  S.  A. 

Returned  in  connection  with   O.   O.   file  36949—198    (A.   G.   O. 
1527570). 

M N , 

Lt.  Col.  Ord.  Dept., 
Actg.  C.  of  O. 
(Stamp)  Rec'd  back,  A.  G.  O.,  Nov.  18,  1910. 

1527570  8th  Ind. 

War  Department,  A.  G.  O.,  Nov.  18,  1910— To  Comdg.  Gen.,  Dept.  of  the 

Lakes;  Comdg.  Gen.,  Dept.  of  Dakota;  Comdg.  Gen.,  Dept.  of 

the  Mo.;  etc.    ******** 

Returned  in  connection  with  papers  referred  to  in  the  preceding 

indorsement  hereon.  The  early  return  of  all  papers  is  desired.     By  order 

of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

O P , 

Adjutant  General. 

9th  Ind. 
Hq.  Dept.  of  the  Lakes,  Nov.  22,  1910— To  Comdg.  Gen.,  Dept.  of  Dakota. 
Noted. 

R S , 


Brig.  Gen.  Comdg. 


(Stamped  indorsement.)  10th  Ind. 

A.  G.  O.  D.  D. 

Nov.  25,  1910 

To  the  Chief  Ordnance  Officer. 

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313 

313.    War  Department  "Correspondence  Model."    The  following  is 
the  War  Department  "Correspondence  Model,"  showing  the  forms  of 
letters  and  indorsements,  notations  regarding  inclosures,  use  of  office 
marks,  etc.: — 
2039  Company  B,  40th  Infantry, 

Fort  William  H.  Seward,  Alaska,  July  19,  1912. 
From:  The  Commanding  Officer,  Co.  B,  40th  Inf. 
To:    The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

(Through  military  channels.) 
Subject:  Philippine  campaign  badge,  Corporal  John  Doe. 

Inclosed  are  lists  in  duplicate  of  enlisted  men  of   Company   B, 
40th   Infantry,  entitled  to  the  Philippine  campaign  badge. 

John  A.  Brown, 
2  Incls.  Capt.,  40th  Inf. 

824  1st  Ind. 

Hq.  Ft.  William  H.  Seward,  Alaska,  July  19,  1912— To  the  Comdg.  Gen., 
Dept.  of  the  Columbia. 

S.  F.  T., 
2  Incls.  Col.,  40th  Inf.,  Comdg. 

(Stamp)  Rec'd  Dept.  Columbia,  July  27,  1912. 

2d  Ind. 
Hq.    Dept.    Columbia,    Vancouver    Bks.,    Wash.,    July   28,    1912— To    the 
Comdg.  Gen.,  Western  Division. 

A.  F.  R., 
2  Incls.  Brig.  Gen.,  Comdg. 

(Stamp)  Rec'd  Western  Div.,  July  30,  1912. 

8043  3d  Ind. 

Hq.  Western  Division,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  July  31,  1912— To  The  Adjt. 
Gen.  of  the  Army,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Arthur  E.  Green, 
2  Incls.  Col.,  Gen.  Staff,  in  absence 

of  the  Division  Commander. 
(Stamp)  Rec'd  A.  G.  O.,  Aug.  5,  1912. 

1942286  4th  Ind. 

War  Dept,  A.  G.  O.,  Aug.  8,  1912— To  the  C.  O.,    Co.  I,  50th  Inf.,  through 
the  Comdg.  Gen.,   Philippines  Division. 

[86] 


313  (contd.) 

1.  Information  is  requested  as  to  whether  the  records  of  the  com- 
pany show  that  Corporal  Doe  served  in  the  field  against  hostile  natives 
on  the  Island  of  Panay  during  July,  1907. 

2.  The  early  return  of  these  papers  is  desired. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

Thomas  H.  Smith, 

Adjt.  Gen. 
2  Incls. 
(Stamp)  Rec'd  Phil.  Div.,  Sept.  14,  1912. 

79935  5th  Ind. 

Hq.  Philippines  Division,  Manila,  P.  I.,  Sept.  15,  1912— To  the  C.  O.,  Co.  I, 

50th  Inf.,  through  the  Comdg.  Gen.,  Dept.  of  Mindanao. 
2  Incls. 
(Stamp)   Rec'd  Dept.  Mind.,  Sept.  24,  1912. 

3467  6th  Ind. 

Hq.  Dept.  of  Mindanao,  Zamboanga,  P.  L,  Sept.  25,  1912— To  the  C.  O., 

Co.  1,  50th  Inf.,  Camp  Keithley,  Mind.,  P.  I.,  through  the  Post 

Commander. 
2  Incls. 

To  the  C.  O.,  Co.  I,  50th  Inf. 
(Stamp)  Rec'd  Co.  I,  50th  Inf.,  Sept.  26,  1912. 

2150  7th  Ind. 

Co.  I,  50th  Inf.,  Camp  Keithley,  Mind.,  P.  I.,  Oct.  4,  1912— To  the  Comdg. 

Gen.,  Dept.  of  Mindanao,  through  the  C.  O.,  Camp  Keithley, 

P.  I. 

1.  Inclosed  are  extracts  from  the  post  orders  and  morning  report 
of  this  company,  which  contain  all  that  there  is  of  record  regarding  the 
service  of  Corporal  Doe  referred  to  herein.  Inclosed  also  is  affidavit  of 
Corporal  Jones  as  to  Corporal  Doe's  service. 

2.  It  is  believed  that  the  records  of  the  headquarters,  Department  of 
Mindanao,  may  contain  the  information  desired. 

(3  Incls.  added.)  Edward  French, 

5  Incls.  Capt.,  50th  Inf.,  Comdg. 

3214  8th  Ind. 

Hq.  Camp  Keithley,  Mind.,  P.  I.,  Oct.  5,  1912— To  the  Comdg.  Gen.,  Dept. 

of  Mind. 
5  Incls. 
(Stamp  Rec'd  back,  Dept.  Mind.,  Oct.  6,  1912.  A.  C.  D., 

Maj.,  50th  Inf.,  Comdg. 
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313  (contd.) 

3467  '  9th  Ind. 

Hq.  Dept.  of  Mindanao,  Zamboanga,  P.  I.,  Oct.  12,  1912 — To  the  Comdg. 

Gen.,  Philippines  Division. 

There  is  nothing  on  file  at  these  headquarters  bearing  on  the  ser- 
vice of  Corporal  Doe  referred  to  herein. 
5  Incls.  William  Jones, 

Brig.  Gen.,  Comdg. 
(Stamp)  Rec'd  back,  Phil.  Div.,  Oct.  23,  1912. 

79935  10th  Ind. 

Hq.  Philippines  Division,  Manila,  P.  I.,  Oct.  24,  1912 — To  the  Comdg.  Gen., 
Dept.  of  Mindanao,  with  directions  to  withdraw  the  affidavit  of 
Corporal  Jones,  it  being  proposed  to  inclose  an  affidavit  from 
Sergeant  Blank,  who  is  on  duty  at  these  headquarters  and  who 
is  prepared  to  furnish  a  more  complete  affidavit  than  that 
furnished  by  Corporal  Jones. 

By  command  of  Major  General  White: 

Andrew  Brown, 

5  Incls.  Adjt.  Gen. 

(Stamp)   Rec'd  back,  Dept.  Mind.,  Nov.  3,  1912. 

3467  11th  Ind. 

Hq.  Dept.  of  Mindanao,  Zamboanga,  P.  I.,  Nov.  4,  1912 — To  the  Comdg. 

Gen.,   Philippine  Division,  the  foregoing  directions  having  been 

complied  with. 
Xlncl.  5  withdrawn.)  William  Jones, 

4  Incls.  Brig.  Gen.,  Comdg. 
(Stamp)  Rec'd  back,  Phil.  Div.,  Nov.  15,  1912. 

79935  12th  Ind. 

Hq.  Philippines  Division,  Manila,  P.  I.,  Nov.  16,  1912 — To  the  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army,  inviting  attention  to  the  preceding  indorse- 
ments and  to  the  accompanying  inclosures. 
1  Incl.  added.)  James  O.  White, 

5  Incls.  Maj.  Gen.,  Comdg. 
(Stamp)  Rec'd  back,  A.  G.  O.,  Dec.  23,  1912. 


F88] 


313  (contd.) 
The  following  shows  the  notations  and  office  marks  on  the 
back  of  the  last  fold  of  the  first  page  of  the  letter: — 


rH 

H 

yt 

. .HEADQUARTERS 

824 
Win.  H.Seward  .Alaska. 

C\2 
rH 

rH 

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1 

. .HEADQUARTERS 

8043 
Western  Division. 

rH 
1-1 

3 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

1942286 

War  Department. 

rH 

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rH 

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HEADQUARTERS 

79935 
Philippines  Division. 

CM 
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OJ 

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to 

. .HEADQUARTERS 

346? 
Dept.  Mindanao. 

rH 

1 

Incl 

-  12th  Ind.;  total  5 

1 

Incl 

withdrawn  -  11th  Ind 

.  ; 

total  4. 

3 

Incls 

.—7th  Ind.  ;  total  5. 

2 

Incls 

. 

Fig.  1 


313  (contd.) 

Inclosures.  The  following  shows  the  notations  on  the  back 
of  the  first  fold  of  four  of  the  inclosures  referred  to  in  the  above 
letter  and  indorsements: 


HEADQUARTERS. . . . 

<t         824 

a 

n    Ft. Wm. H.Seward,  Alaska. 

HEADQUARTERS 

•S         8043 

Western  Division* 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 
•         1948286 

War  Department. 

...... .HEADQUARTERS 

79935 


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01 


01 
0> 


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Philippines  Division 


-HEADQUARTERS . 
3467 


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Dept. Mindanao. 


Incl.l. 


. .HEADQUARTERS 

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o> 

*   Ft 

824 
,Wm. H.Seward,  Alaska. 

. . .HEADQUARTERS 

0} 
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8043 
Western  Division. 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE 

<o 

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1942286 
War  Department. 

HF.  ADOUARTERS 

OJ 

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•P 

79935 

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H 
0> 
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w   Philippines  Division. 

. .  HEADQUARTERS 

OJ 
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3467 

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Dept. Mindanao. 

Incl.2, 

Fig.  2 


[90] 


313  (contd.) 


3467  Hq.Dept.  Mind. 
79935  Hq.Phil.Dtv. 
1942286  A.G.O. 


Incl.  3. 
7th  Ind. 


3467  Hq.Dept. Mind. 
79935  Hq.Fhil.Div. 
1942286  A.G.O. 


Incl.  4. 
7th  Ind. 


Fig.  3 


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314-315-316-317-318 

314.  Postoffice  address.  The  postoffice  address  of  an  officer's 
station  will  be  given  in  his  official  letters.  Indefinite  expressions  of 
locality,  which  do  not  indicate  where  the  letter  was  written,  will  not 
be  used.     (777) 

315.  Confidential  communications.  In  order  to  reduce  the  pos- 
sibility of  confidential  communications  falling  into  the  hands  of  per- 
sons other  than  those  for  whom  they  are  intended,  the  sender  will 
inclose  them  in  an  inner  and  an  outer  cover;  the  inner  cover  to  be  a 
sealed  envelope  or  wrapper  addressed  in  the  usual  way,  but  marked 
plainly  "Confidential"  in  such  manner  that  the  notation  may  be  most 
readily  seen  when  the  outer  cover  is  removed.  The  package  thus  pre- 
pared will  then  be  inclosed  in  another  sealed  envelope  or  wrapper 
addressed  in  the  ordinary  manner  with  no  notation  to  indicate  the  con- 
fidential nature  of  the  contents. 

The  foregoing  applies  not  only  to  confidential  communications 
entrusted  to  the  mails  or  to  telegraph  companies,  but  also  to  such 
communications  entrusted  to  messengers  passing  between  different 
offices  of  the  same  headquarters,  including  the  bureaus  and  offices  of 
the  War  Department.     (778) 

316.  Telegrams  to  be  carefully  guarded.  Government  telegraph 
operators  will  be  held  responsible  that  all  telegrams  are  carefully 
guarded.  No  received  telegram  will  ever  leave  an  office  except  in  a 
sealed  envelope,  properly  addressed.  All  files  will  be  carefully  guarded 
and  access  thereto  will  be  denied  to  all  parties  except  those  author- 
ized by  law  to  see  the  same.     (778) 

317.  Signing  of  communications.  Official  communications  will  be 
signed  or  authenticated  with  the  pen  and  not  by  facsimiles,  and  if 
written  by  order,  it  will  be  stated  by  whose  order?  Signatures  will  be 
plainly  and  legibly  written.  By  virtue  of  the  commission  and  assign- 
ment to  duty,  the  adjutant  of  any  command  transacts  the  business 
or  correspondence  of  that  command  over  his  own  signature;  but  when 
orders  or  instructions  of  any  kind  are  given,  the  authority  by  which 
he  gives  the  order  must  be  stated.  In  the  absence  of  a  commanding- 
general,  his  chief  of  staff,  or,  if  there  be  none,  his  adjutant,  in  signing 
the  communications  to  be  forwarded  to  higher  authority,  will  add  to 

his  signature  the  words,  "In  the  absence  of  the  commander." 

(779) 

318.  Officers  to  be  addressed  by  actual  rank.  An  officer  will  not 
be  designated  in  orders  nor  addressed  in  official  communications  by 
any  other  title  than  that  of  his  actual  rank.     (780) 

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319-320-321-322-323 

319.  Official  communications  to  be  addressed  The  Adjutant 
General.  Except  as  otherwise  specially  authorized  or  required  by 
Army  Regulations,  all  official  communications  from  officers  and  en- 
listed men  of  the  Army  outside  of  the  War  Department  intended  for 
the  Secretary  of  War  or  for  any  bureau  or  office  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment will  be  in  writing  and  addressed  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army.     (782) 

320.  Communications  to  pass  through  intermediate  commanders. 
Communications,  whether  from  a  subordinate  to  a  superior,  or  vice 
versa,  will  pass  through  intermediate  commanders.  This  rule  will  not 
be  interpreted  as  including  matters  in  relation  to  which  intermediate 
commanders  can  have  no  knowledge,  and  over  which  they  are  not  ex- 
pected to  exercise  control.  Chiefs  of  War  Department  bureaus  are 
intermediate  commanders  between  higher  authority  and  the  officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  their  respective  corps  or  departments,  who  are 
serving  under  the  exclusive  control  of  themselves  and  their  subordi- 
nates. Verbal  communications  will  be  governed  by  the  same  rules  as 
to  channels  as  written  communications.  When  necessity  requires 
communications  to  be  sent  through  other  than  the  prescribed  channel, 
the  necessity  therefor  will  be  stated. 

Communications    from    superiors    to    subordinates    will    be 
answered  through  the  same  channel  as  received.     (783) 

321.  Correspondence  between  staff  officers,  and  their  bureau  chiefs. 
Correspondence  between  an  officer  of  a  staff  corps  or  department  and 
the  chief  of  the  War  Department  bureau  in  which  he  is  serving,  which 
does  not  involve  questions  of  administrative  responsibility  within  the 
supervision  of  commanding  officers  outside  that  staff  corps  or  depart- 
ment nor  relate  to  individual  interests  or  status  of  a  military  nature 
requiring  the  action  of  authority  outside  that  staff  corps  or  depart- 
ment, and  which  is  concerned  exclusively  with  the  business  of  that 
staff  corps  or  department,  will  pass  directly.     (784) 

322.  Communications  from  officers  in  post  to  pass  through  post 
commander.  Except  as  provided  in  A.  R.  783  (see  par.  320,  above) 
all  communications,  reports,  and  estimates  from  officers  serving  at  a 
military  post,  and  communications  of  every  nature  addressed  to  them 
relating  to  affairs  of  the  post,  will  pass  through  the  post  commander. 
(785) 

323.  Officers  forwarding  communications  to  indorse  thereon  ex- 
pression of  opinion.  Officers  who  forward  communications  will  in- 
dorse thereon  their  approval,  with  remarks.     No  communication  will 

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324-325-326-327-328 

be  forwarded  to  the  War  Department  by  a  department  commander 
or  other  superior  officer  for  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War  with- 
out some  recommendation  or  expression  of  opinion.     (786) 

324.  Communicating  with  those  under  one's  command  and  those 
who  are  not.  A  commander  or  chief  of  bureau  may  communicate  with 
those  under  his  command  or  direction  through  a  staff  or  other  suit- 
able officer.  With  all  others  he  will  himself  make  the  communication. 
(787) 

325.  Application  for  official  opinions;  abstract  questions  not  to  be 
presented.  Unless  otherwise  expressly  authorized  by  statute,  an  ap- 
plication for  the  official  opinion  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General  or  of 
an  officer  of  any  Executive  Department  of  the  Government  other  than 
the  War  Department  will  be  addressed  to  The  Adjutant  General  of 
the  Army.     Abstract  questions  will  not  be  presented.     (788) 

326.  Unimportant  communications  need  not  be  forwarded  by  de- 
partment, brigade,  and  district  commanders.  Unimportant  and  trivial 
communications  need  not  be  forwarded  to  The  Adjutant  General  of 
the  Army  simply  because  addressed  to  him.  Department,  brigade,  and 
district  commanders  should  decide  whether  a  communication  is  of 
sufficient  importance  to  be  forwarded.     (789) 

327.  All  correspondence  to  be  courteous  in  tone.  In  official  corre- 
spondence between  officers  or  between  officers  and  officials  of  other 
branches  of  the  public  service,  and  especially  in  matters  involving 
questions  of  jurisdiction,  conflict  of  authority,  or  dispute,  officers  of 
the  Army  are  reminded  that  their  correspondence  should  be  courteous 
in  tone  and  free  from  any  expression  partaking  of  a  personal  nature 
or  calculated. to  give  offense.  Whenever  questions  of  such  character 
shall  arise  between  officers  and  officials  of  other  branches  of  the  public 
service,  and  it  is  found  that  they  can  not  be  reconciled  by  an  inter- 
change of  courteous  correspondence,  the  officer  of  the  Army,  as  the 
representative  of  the  interests  of  the  War  Department  in  the  matter 
involved,  will  make  a  full  presentation  of  the  case  to  the  Secretary  of 
War  through  the  proper  military  channels,  in  order  that  the  same  may 
be  properly  considered.     (790) 

ORDERS 

328.  General  orders.  The  routine  orders  of  commanders  of 
armies,  divisions,  brigades,  regiments,  battalions  not  organized  into 
regiments,  posts,  departments,  and  districts  are  denominated  "general 
(general  court-martial  or  special)  orders"  of  such  army,  division,  etc., 

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329-330-331-332-333-334-335-336 
according  to  character,  and  are  numbered  in  separate  series,  each 
beginning  with  the  calendar  year  or  at  the  time  of  the  establishment 
of  the  headquarters.     (791) 

329.  Orders.  Orders  issued  by  commanders  of  battalions  forming- 
parts  of  regiments,  companies,  or  small  detachments  are  simply 
denominated  "orders,"  and  are  numbered  in  a  single  series,  beginning 
with  the  year.  Circulars  issued  from  any  headquarters  are  numbered 
in  a  separate  series.     (791) 

330.  Field  orders.  The  orders  of  commanders  of  armies,  divisions, 
brigades,  regiments,  separate  battalions,  and  companies  in  the  field, 
relating  entirely  to  tactical  or  strategical  operations  incident  to  a 
state  of  war,  are  denominated  "field  orders"  and  are  numbered  in 
series.     (791) 

331.  Scope  and  nature  of  general  orders.  General  orders  publish 
matters  of  importance  to  the  whole  command  which  are  of  permanent 
interest  or  are  to  be  constantly  observed,  such  as  hours  for  roll  calls 
and  duties,  police  regulations  and  prohibitions,  laws  and  regulations 
for  the  Army,  and  eulogies  or  censures.     (792) 

332.  Scope  and  nature  of  special  orders.  Special  orders  are  such 
as  concern  individuals  or  relate  to  matters  that  need  not  be  made 
known  to  the  whole  command.     (793) 

333.  Approval  of  orders  before  issue.  General  orders  and  all 
important  special  orders  must  be  read  and  approved,  before  issue,  by 
the  officer  whose  orders  they  are.     (794) 

334.  Source,  number,  date,  etc.,  of  orders;  may  be  in  form  of 
letter.  An  order  will  state  the  source  from  which  it  emanates,  its 
number,  date,  place  of  issue,  and  the  authority  under  which  issued. 
It  may  be  put  in  the  form  of  a  letter  addressed  to  the  individual  con- 
cerned through  the  proper  channel.     (795) 

335.  Orders  for  troops  addressed  to  commanding  officer  and 
executed  by  commander  present.  Orders  for  any  body  of  troops  will 
ordinarily  be  addressed  to  its  commanding  officer,  the  address  naming 
the  office  and  not  the  individual.  They  will  be  executed  by  the  com- 
mander present,  who  will  publish  them  and  distribute  copies  when 
necessary.     (796) 

336.  Orders    eulogizing    living    officers;     obituaries    of    officers. 

Orders  eulogizing  the  conduct  of  living  officers  will  not  be  issued  ex- 
cept in  cases  of  gallantry  in  action  or  performance  of  especially 
hazardous  service.    Obituaries  of  commissioned  officers  will  be  limited 

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337-338-339-340-341-342 

to  statements  of  service  as  shown  by  the  records.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  1.) 
(797) 

337.  In  field,  verbal  and  important  orders  carried  by  officers; 
dispatches  for  distant  corps  entrusted  only  to  officers.  In  the  field, 
verbal  and  important  written  orders  are  carried  by  officers.  Dis- 
patches for  distant  corps  should  be  intrusted  only  to  officers  to  whom 
their  contents  may  be  confided.     (798) 

338.  Important  dispatches  carried  by  enlisted  men  only  in  urgent 
cases;  hour  of  departure,  etc.,  to  be  noted.  Mounted  enlisted  men  will 
be  employed  to  carry  important  dispatches  only  in  special  and  urgent 
cases.  The  precise  hours  of  departure  and  the  rates  at  which  they  are 
to  be  conveyed  will  be  written  clearly  on  the  covers  of  all  dispatches 
transmitted  by  mounted  orderlies.     (799) 

339.  Orders  and  instructions  transmitted  through  intermediate 
commanders.  Orders  and  instructions  will  be  transmitted  through 
intermediate  commanders,  in  order  of  rank,  except  when  they  are  of 
such  character  that  the  commanders  have  no  power  to  modify  or 
suspend  them.  In  such  cases  the  orders  or  instructions  will  be  sent 
directly  to  the  officer  by  whom  they  are  to  be  executed,  copies  being 
furnished  to  the  intermediate  commanders.     (801) 

340.  Distribution  of  orders;  files  to  be  kept;  missing  orders  to  be 
gotten.  Printed  orders  are  generally  distributed  directly  to  posts  by 
the  headquarters  from  which  issued.  Files  of  such  orders  will  be  kept 
by  each  regiment  and  company  and  at  each  military  post,  and  will  be 
turned  over  by  a  commander,  when  relieved,  to  his  successor.  If 
general  orders  in  regular  succession  are  not  received  within  a  reason- 
able time,  commanding  officers  will  report  missing  numbers  to  the 
proper  headquarters.     (802) 

341.  Orders  to  be  read  to  troops  at  parade;  procedure  in  the 
field.  In  camp  or  garrison,  orders  that  affect  a  command  will,  as  a 
rule,  be  read  to  the  troops  at  the  first  regular  parade  after  they  are 
received.  In  the  field,  when  orderly  hours  can  not  be  observed,  they 
will  be  sent  directly  to  the  troops,  or  commanders  of  regiments  or 
corps  will  be  informed  when  to  send  to  headquarters  for  them,  or 
during  a  halt  orders  will  be  read  to  troops,  without  waiting  for  the 
regular  parades.     (804) 

MUSTER  ROLLS 

342.  Muster  and  pay  rolls.  At  every  monthly  muster  of  troops, 
pay  rolls  will  be  prepared,  signed,  and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with 

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343-344-345-346 
instructions  published  in  orders  from  time  to  time  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment, and  at  each  bimonthly  muster  on  the  last  day  of  February,  April, 
June,  August,  October,  and  December  muster  rolls  will  be  prepared, 
signed,  and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  on  the 
blank  forms  furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     (807) 

343.  Detachment  muster  rolls.  Enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  De- 
partment, Quartermaster  Corps,  Ordnance  Department,  and  Signal 
Corps,  not  belonging  to  companies  will  be  borne  on  detachment 
muster  rolls,  separate  rolls  being  prepared  for  each  corps  or  depart- 
ment. When  detachments  of  enlisted  men  are  serving  at  a  post  or 
station  and  are  not  under  the  immediate  command  of  an  officer  of 
their  respective  arm,  corps,  or  department,  the  muster  rolls  for  such 
detachments  will,  unless  otherwise  authorized  by  instructions  from 
the  War  Department,  be  prepared  and  signed  by  the  adjutant,  who 
will  also  keep  the  accounts  and  prepare  the  final  statements  of  the 
men  borne  thereon.     (807)  *  a 

A  soldier  on  duty  or  in  a  hospital  at  a  post  or  station  where  his 
company  is  not  mustered  will  be  mustered  on  a  detachment  roll,  a 
separate  muster  roll  being  prepared  for  each  regiment  or  corps. 
Where  two  or  more  of  such  soldiers  are  at  a  post  or  station  their 
names  will  be  borne  on  one  consolidated  pay  roll,  which  will  show  in 
a  column  ruled  for  that  purpose  the  organization  to  which  each  soldier 
belongs.     (808) 

344.  Corrections  on  muster  and  pay  rolls.  Corrections  on  muster 
and  pay  rolls,  after  muster  and  before  they  have  been  forwarded,  will 
not  be  made  except  with  the  approval  of  the  mustering  officer.  Re- 
tained rolls  will  not  be  changed  without  authority  from  the  War 
Department.     (810) 

345.  Calculations  on  pay  rolls  made  by  paymaster,  etc.  Calcula- 
tions on  the  pay  roll  are  made  by  the  quartermaster  and  copied  on 
the  retained  roll  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander,  who  will 
certify  that  he  witnessed  the  payment,  and  will  enter  thereon  the  name 
of  the  quartermaster.     (810) 

RETURNS  OF  TROOPS 

346.  Monthly  returns  of  troops.  Commanders  of  posts,  subposts, 
regiments,  companies  detachments,  field  hospitals,  and  mine  planters 
will  make  monthly  returns  of  their  respective  commands  on  forms 
furnished  by  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and  in  accordance 
with   directions  printed  thereon. 

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In  the  case  of  a  subpost  the  returns  will  be  prepared  by  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  main  post,  unless  the  detachment  at  the 
subpost  is  in  command  of  a  commissioned  officer,  in  which  event  such 
officer  will  prepare  the  returns  and  forward  them  through  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  main  post.      (811) 

347.  Special  returns  whenever  leaving  or  joining  station,  or  sail- 
ing from  or  arriving  at,  a  post.  In  addition  to  the  monthly  returns 
required  by  paragraph  811,  commanding  officers  of  regiments,  com- 
panies, and  detachments  will  make  similar  returns  of  their  commands 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and  to  their  immediate  com- 
manding officer  whenever  they  leave  or  join  a  station,  or  when  they 
sail  from  a  port  of  embarkation  or  arrive  at  a  port  of  destination. 

When  leaving  station  the  return  to  the  immediate  commanding- 
officer  will  be  accompanied  by  a  report  from  each  organization  on  the 
monthly  return  blank  showing  alterations  since  last  return  only,  with 
record  of  events  to  date.     (812) 

348.  Detached  company  returns  forwarded  through  field  officers 
serving  therewith.  When  a  field  officer  is  serving  with  detached  com- 
panies of  his  regiment  or  corps  the  commanders  thereof  will  for- 
ward their  returns  through  him.     (813) 

BATTLE  REPORTS  AND  RETURNS 

349.  Written  reports  after  every  battle.  After  every  battle  or  en- 
gagement with  the  enemy,  written  reports  thereof  will  be  made  by 
commanders  of  regiments,  separate  battalions  or  squadrons,  com- 
panies or  detachments,  and  by  all  commanders  of  a  higher  grade,  each 
in  what  concerns  his  own  commands,  which  reports  will  be  forwarded, 
through  the  proper  channel,  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 
(816) 

350.  Report  of  casualties  after  engagement.  Immediately  after 
any  engagement  in  which  casualties  have  occurred  the  commanding 
officer  of  each  organization  that  participated  therein  will  submit,  by 
telegraph,  if  possible,  to  his  immediate  superior  commander  a  report 
showing  by  name  each  person  killed,  wounded  or  otherwise  injured,  or 
missing,  officers  and  enlisted  men  to  be  reported  separately,  and 
wounds  and  other  injuries  to  be  classified,  if  practicable,  as  slight  or 
severe.  If  telegraphic  communication  can  not  be  had,  the  report  will 
be  sent  by  the  most  expeditious  means  available.  The  report  will  be 
consolidated,  if  necessary,  at  the  proper  headquarters  and  telegraphed 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.     In  addition  to  the  foregoing 

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report,  commanding  officers  of  posts,  regiments,  or  separate  organi- 
zations will  prepare  and  forward  by  mail  a  return  in  triplicate,  show- 
ing the  name,  rank,  and  organization  of  each  person  killed,  wounded 
or  otherwise  injured,  or  missing,  the  date  and  place  of  the  engage- 
ment, and,  in  the  case  of  wound  or  other  injury,  the  location  of  the 
wound  or  the  nature  of  the  injury,  and  whether  slight  or  severe. 
Whenever  necessary,  commanding  officers  will  call  on  their  senior 
medical  officers  for  all  information  that  can  be  supplied  in  this  con- 
nection. One  copy  of  the  return  wiil  be  forwarded  by  the  officer 
making  it  to  his  immediate  superior  commander,  1  copy  will  be  re- 
tained for  file  with  the  records  of  the  post  or  organization,  and  1  copy 
will  be  sent  by  mail  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 
(818) 

351.  Return  of  captured  property.  A  return  of  all  captured  prop- 
erty will  be  rendered  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  through 
intermediate  channels,  by  the  immediate  commander  of  the  troops 
making  the  capture.  .  (819) 

RECORDS 

352.  Preservation  of  records.  All  military  records  must  be  care- 
fully preserved:     (820) 

353.  All  public  records,  reports,  etc.,  are  property  of  U.  S.;  dis- 
position of  such  records  upon  discontinuance  of  commands.  All  pub- 
lic records,  reports,  and  papers,  such  as  document  files,  files  of  general 
and  special  orders  and  circulars,  correspondence  books,  guard  reports, 
morning  reports,  the  records  of  enlisted  men  as  kept  in  descriptive 
and  deposit  books  or  on  loose  leaves,  and  sick  reports,  are  the 
property  of  the  United  States  and  will  be  required  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment in  the  settlement  of  claims  against  the  Government  and  for  other 
official  purposes.  Whenever  posts,  districts,  territorial  divisions, 
departments,  corps,  divisions,  brigades,  regiments,  and  companies  are 
discontinued,  all  such  records  will  be  carefully  labeled,  packed,  and 
marked,  showing  the  command  to  which  they  pertain,  and  will  be 
forwarded  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  be  promptly 
advised  of  the  date  of  shipment  and  furnished  with  a  schedule  of 
records  shipped.  Records  of  discontinued  depots  of  the  staff  depart- 
ments will  be  forwarded  directly  to  the  chief  of  the  staff  department 
to  which  they  pertain.     (821) 

354.  Use  of  colored  inks  prohibited.  The  use  of  colored  inks, 
except  as  carmine  or  red  ink  is  used  in  annotation,  ruling,  or  compli- 

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355-356 

ance  with  specific  instructions  issued  by  the  War  Department  on 
blank  forms  or  otherwise,  is  prohibited  in  the  records  and  correspon- 
dence of  the  Army.     (822) 

355.  Penalties  for  unlawful  concealment,  mutilation  or  destruction 
of  records.  Sections  128  and  129  of  the  Federal  Penal  Code  of  March 
4,  1909,  prescribe  penalties  for  the  willful  and  unlawful  concealment, 
removal,  mutilation,  obliteration,  falsification,  or  destruction  of  any 
record,  proceeding,  map,  book,  document,  paper,  or  other  thing,  filed 
or  deposited  in  any  public  office.     (823) 

356.  Furnishing  of  information  by  persons  in  the  military  service. 

No  information  will  be  furnished  by  any  person  in  the  military  service 
which  can  be  made  the  basis  of  a  claim  against  the  Government, 
except  it  be  given  as  the  regulations  prescribe  to  the  proper  officers  of 
the  War,  Treasury,  or  Interior  Departments,  or  the  Department  of 
Justice.  Information  concerning  sick  and  wounded  officers  and  enlisted 
men  may  be  freely  conveyed  to  allay  the  anxiety  of  friends;  and,  in 
time  of  peace,  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  surgeon,  .the  condition  of 
an  officer  or  enlisted  man,  by  reason  of  injury  or  disease,  is  such  as 
to  indicate  the  probability  of  fatal  termination,  the  surgeon  will 
report  the  circumstances  to  the  immediate  commander,  who  will 
promptly  communicate  the  fact  to  the  nearest  relative.  The  fact  of 
death  may  be  communicated  to  relatives,  but  not  circumstances  con- 
nected therewith  which  could  be  made  use  of  in  prosecuting  claims 
against  the  Government.  If  any  person  in  the  military  service  has 
knowledge  of  facts  pertaining  to  the  service  of  an  individual  who  is 
an  applicant  for  a  pension,  he  may,  upon  request,  if  not  pecuniarily 
interested,  furnish  a  certificate  or  affidavit  setting  forth  his  knowledge, 
but  such  certificate  or  affidavit  will  be  furnished  only  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  to  be  forwarded  to  the  proper  officer  of  the 
Interior  Department.  Record  evidence  will  be  furnished  by  the  War 
Department  only. 

The  surgeon  of  a  post,  through  the  commanding  officer  there- 
of, is  authorized  to  furnish  to  the  health  authorities  of  the  State  or 
locality  in  which  the  post  is  situated,  in  accordance  with  existing  State 
laws  or  local  ordinances,  information  concerning  all  births  and 
deaths  occurring  in  the  post,  such  information  to  be  given  on  the 
proper  blanks  furnished  for  the  purpose  by  the  State  of  local  authori- 
ties.    (C.  A.  R,  Nos.  13  and  40.)     (824) 


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PERSONAL   AND    EFFICIENCY    REPORTS 

357.  Reporting  arrival  in  Washington  and  at  a  department  head- 
quarters. When  any  officer  arrives  at  Washington,  D.  C,  or  at  the 
headquarters  of  a  territorial  department,  he  will  report  at  the  office 
of  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  or  of  the  department  adjutant, 
and  will  register  his  name  and  address,  and  the  authority  for  his 
presence  there.     (825) 

358.  Reports  by  officers  going  on  detached  service.  An  officer 
detached  from  his  regiment  or  corps  for  duty  will  report  immediately 
upon  arrival  at  his  new  station  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army  and  to  the  chief  of  his  corps  or  to  his  regimental  commander 
the  date  of  departure  from  former  station  and  of  arrival  at  new  sta- 
tion, the  date  of  departure  from  or  arrival  at  a  foreign  station,  and 
date  of  departure  from  or  arrival  in  the  continental  limits  of  the 
United  States,  when  going  to  or  returning  from  a  foreign  station, 
citing  the  authority  for  the  change  and  giving  his  post-office  address. 
As  soon  as  practicable  thereafter  he  will  report  the  nature  of  his  duties. 
Thereafter  any  such  officer  not  carried  on  any  regular  return  as 
present  for  duty  will  report  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  and 
to  the  chief  of  his  corps  or  to  his  regimental  commander  any  material 
change  in  his  duties  and  any  change  of  addresvs  immediately  after 
such  change  in  his  official  status;  and  any  such  officer  who  may  incur 
any  sickness  or  injury  will  make  report  of  that  fact  as  soon  as 
practicable,  giving  the  nature  and  cause  of  such  sickness  or  injury. 
(826) 

359.  Annual  Personal  Report  and  Statement  of  Preferences.  A 
Personal  Report  and  Statement  of  Preferences  will  be  made  on 
December  31  of  each  year  by  each  officer  of  the  Army  except  general 
officers.  This  report  will  be  forwarded  directly- to  The  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  Army.  In  the  event  that  an  officer,  after  the  rendition  of 
this  report,  wishes  to  change  any  of  the  preferences  that  he  has 
expressed  therein,  he  should  promptly  notify  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army  directly  of  the  change  desired,  in  order  that  proper 
notation  thereof  may  be  made  on  the  Personal  Report  and  Statement 
of  Preferences  in  The  Adjutant  General's  Office.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  20.) 
(828^) 

360.  Efficiency  reports.  Efficiency  reports  are  submitted  on 
December  31  of  each  year  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army 
through  intermediate  commanders,  who  will  indorse  thereon  such 
remarks  as  may  be  proper  in  each  case: 

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(/)  By  each  post  or  fort  commander  respecting  each  officer  of  his 
command  not  otherwise  reported  on  at  the  post  or  fort. 

(g)  By  each  surgeon  of  a  post  respecting  any  officer  of  the 
Medical  Department  serving  under  his  direction. 

(h)  By  each  company  commander  respecting  each  subaltern  offi- 
cer on  duty  with  the  company. 

(f)  By  each  field  officer  commanding  a  battalion  respecting  each 
company  commander  and  battalion  staff  officer  serving  with  the 
battalion.  By  each  regimental  commander  respecting  each  officer 
serving  with  the  regiment  at  regimental  headquarters  not  otherwise 
reported  upon. 

*********** 

Whenever  an  officer  is  permanently  relieved  from  duty  at  a 
post  or  station,  or  is  detailed  on  temporary  duty  elsewhere,  the  prob- 
able period  of  which  duty  may  exceed  30  days,  the  reporting  officer 
will  make  the  required  entries  on  the  efficiency  report  blank  and,  after 
signing  the  certificate  attached  thereto,  will  forward  the  report 
through  intermediate  commanders  to  the  officer  upon  whom  the  duty 
devolves  of  continuing  or  completing  the  report. 

Whenever  a  reporting  officer  is  permanently  relieved  from 
duty,  or  is  temporarily  relieved  for  a  period  that  will  probably  exceed 
30  days,  he  will  make  the  required  entries  on  the  efficiency  report  blank 
and  turn  it  over  to  the  officer  upon  whom  the  duty  devolves  of  con- 
tinuing or  completing  the  report.     (829) 

PENALTY  ENVELOPES 

361.  Penalty  envelope  to  be  used  exclusively  for  public  business. 
Official  communications  and  other  mailable  matter  relating  exclusively 
to  the  public  business  will  be  transmitted  through  the  mails  free  of 
postage,  if  covered  by  the  "Penalty  envelope."     (834) 

362.  Inclosing  penalty  envelope  for  reply  when  writing  on  official 
business.  Where  an  officer  writes  to  a  private  party  on  official  busi- 
ness he  may  inclose  with  his  letter  an  official  penalty  envelope,  proper- 
ly addressed  to  himself,  to  cover  the  reply.     (834) 

363.  Official  information  defined.  Information  which  is  intended 
to  be  used  in  the  performance  of  official  duty  only  is  official  informa- 
tion, while  that  which  is  intended  to  be  used  for  the  furtherance  of 
private  interest,  ends,  or  business  in  any  way  whatever,  though  called 
for  by  a  public  officer,  is  private  information.  The  official  envelope 
may  be  used  to  give  or  obtain  the  former,  but  not  the  latter.     (835) 

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364.  Form  of  penalty  envelope.  Envelopes  for  official  mail  matter 
for  the  War  Department  will  have  "War  Department,"  the  designation 
of  bureau  or  office,  and  "Official  Business,"  printed  in  three  or  four 
lines,  as  may  be  required,  in  the  upper  left  corner,  and  in  the  upper 
right  corner  the  following:  "Penalty  for  private  use,  $300."  Envelopes 
for  the  use  of  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  department,  for  a  post, 
station,  armory,  arsenal,  depot,  or  school  of  instruction,  will  be  of  the 
same  form,  with  the  proper  substitution  for  the  designation  of  the 
bureau  or  office,  and  with  the  address  when  necessary.  Envelopes 
required  for  the  transmission  of  printed  matter  may  also  have  printed 
thereon  "Printed  matter."  Other  printing  or  ruling  on  such  envelopes 
at  public  expense  is  prohibited  unless  printed  at  the  Government  Print- 
ing Office.  For  the  official  business  of  officers  not  embraced  in  the 
foregoing  classes,  and  officers  on  the  retired  list,  the  heading  "War 
Department,"  "Official  Business,"  will  be  placed  across  the  left  end 
of  the  envelope,  with  the  officer's  official  signature  written  immediate- 
ly below  it,  and  with  the  penalty  clause  in  the  upper  right  corner. 
(836) 

PROPERTY  FOR  CONDEMNATION 

365.  Preparation  of  Inventory  and  Inspection  reports.  Officers 
will  prepare  and  sign  in  duplicate,  on  blank  forms  furnished  by  the 
Inspector  General  of  the  Army,  inventories  of  public  property  requir- 
ing inspection,  and  present  them,  with  the  property,  to  the  Inspector 
General  or  Acting  Inspector  General  at  the  time  of  his  visit.  In  the 
case  of  rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence  stores  or  of  unserviceable 
public  animals,  or  of  pressing  emergency,  such  inventories  will  be  pre- 
pared whenever  necessary,  and  one  copy  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
commander  having  authority  to  appoint  an  inspector.  Public  animals 
will  be  inventoried  singly,  with  a  brief  description  of  color,  sex,  age, 
and  distinguishing  marks.     (904) 

366.  Arrangement  of  property  for  inspection;  responsible  officer 
to  be  present.  For  inspection  the  property  will  be  arranged  in  the 
order  of  enumeration  in  the  inventory,  every  article  will  be  examined 
by  the  inspector,  and  the  officer  responsible  will  accompany  him  and  be 
prepared  to  give  all  necessary  information  in  regard  to  it.     (905) 

367.  Serviceable  property  not  to  be  reported  as  unserviceable. 
Public  property  in  use  will  not  be  reported  as  unserviceable  nor  con- 
demned by  an  inspector  merely  because  worn  or  shabby  in  appearance 
when  really  strong  and  serviceable.     (908) 


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ARREST  AND  CONFINEMENT 

368.  Only  commanding  officers  can  place  officers  in  arrest;  how 
placed  in  arrest.  Only  commanding  officers  have  power  to  place 
officers  in  arrest,  except  as  provided  in  the  sixty-eighth  article  of  war. 
An  officer  is  placed  in  arrest  by  his  commanding  officer  in  person  or 
through  another  officer,  by  a  verbal  or  written  order  or  communica- 
tion, advising  him  that  he  is  placed  in  arrest,  or  will  consider  himself 
in  arrest,  or  words  to  that  effect.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (922) 

369.  Officer  in  arrest  to  remain  in  tent  or  quarters.  An  officer 
arrested  will  repair  at  once  to  his  tent  or  quarters,  and  there  remain 
until  more  extended  limits  have  been  granted  by  his  commanding  offi- 
cer. Close  confinement  will  not  be  enforced  except  in  cases  of  a 
serious  nature.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)   (923) 

370.  Officers  not  placed  in  arrest  for  light  offenses;  report  in 
case  of  arrest  without  charges.  Officers  will  not  be  placed  in  arrest 
for  light  offenses.  For  these  the  censure  of  the  commanding  officer 
will  generally  answer  the  purpose  of  discipline.  Whenever  a  com- 
manding officer  places  an  officer  in  arrest  without  preferring  charges, 
he  will  make  a  written  report  of  his  action  to  the  brigade  or  Coast 
Artillery  district  commander,  stating  the  cause.     (924) 

371.  Officer  in  arrest  not  to  exercise  command,  not  to  wear  sword, 
etc.  An  officer  in  arrest  can  not  exercise  command  of  any  kind.  He 
will  not  wear  a  sword  nor  visit  officially  his  commanding  or  other 
superior  officer,  unless  directed  to  do  so.  His  applications  and  re- 
quests of  every  nature  will  be  made  in  writing.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.) 
(926) 

372.  On  march,  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  in  arrest 
march  in  rear  of  their  organizations.  On  the  march,  field  officers  and 
noncommissioned  staff  officers  in  arrest  will  follow  in  the  rear  of 
their  respective  regiments,  and  company  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers  in  arrest  in  rear  of  their  respective  companies,  unless  other- 
wise specially  directed.     (927) 

373.  Designation  of  men  as  "awaiting  trial,"  "awaiting  result  of 
trial,"  "garrison  prisoners,"  and  "general  prisoners."  Enlisted  men 
against  whom  charges  have  been  preferred  will  be  designated  as 
"awaiting  trial";  enlisted  men  who  have  been  tried  will,  prior  to  the 
promulgation  of  the  result,  be  designated  as  "awaiting  result  of  trial"; 
enlisted  men  serving  sentences  of  confinement,  not  involving  dis- 
honorable   discharge,    will    be    designated    as    "garrison    prisoners." 

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374-375-376-377-378 
Persons  sentenced  to  dismissal  or  dishonorable  discharge  and  to 
terms  of  confinement  at  military  posts  or  elsewhere  will  be  designated 
as  "general  prisoners."     (928) 

374.  Noncommissioned  officers  not  to  be  confined  with  privates; 
not  to  exercise  authority  while  in  arrest;  not  sent  out  to  work  while 
in  confinement.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  not  be  confined  in 
company  with  privates  if  it  can  be  avoided.  When  placed  in  arrest 
they  will  not  be  required  to  perform  any  duty  in  which  they  may  be 
called  upon  to  exercise  authority  or  control  over  others,  and  when 
placed  in  confinement  they  will  not  be  sent  out  to  work.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  55.)     (929) 

375.  Ordinarily  soldiers  to  be  confined  only  by  order  of  officers; 
delegating  to  noncommissioned  officers  power  to  place  men  in  arrest. 
Except  as  provided  in  the  sixty-eighth  article  of  war,  or  when  restraint 
is  necessary,  no  soldier  will  be  confined  without  the  order  of  an  officer, 
who  shall  previously  inquire  into  his  offense.  It  is  proper,  however, 
for  a  company  commander  to  delegate  to  noncommissioned  officers 
of  his  company  the  power  to  place  enlisted  men  in  arrest  as  a  means  of 
restraint  at  the  instant  when  restraint  is  necessary,  but  such  action 
must  be  reported  to  the  company  commander  at  once.  (C.  A.  R.,  No. 
55.)     (930) 

376.  Arrest  or  confinement  of  soldier  to  be  reported  promptly  to 
his  organization  commander.  The  arrest  or  confinement  of  an  enlisted 
man  will  be  reported,  as  soon  as  practicable,  to  his  company  or  detach- 
ment commander  by  the  officer  authorizing  the  arrest  or  confinement. 
(931) 

377.  Segregation  of  prisoners.  Prisoners  awaiting  trial  by,  or 
undergoing  sentence  of,  general  court-martial  and  those  confined  for 
serious  offenses,  will  be  kept  apart,  when  practicable,  from  those  con- 
fined by  sentence  of  an  inferior  court,  or  for  minor  offenses.  General 
prisoners  will  not  be  confined  with  other  prisoners  except  in  cases 
of  necessity.  Enlisted  men  in  confinement  for  minor  offenses,  or 
awaiting  trial,  or  the  result  of  trial  for  the  same,  will  ordinarily  be 
sent  to  work  under  charge  of  unarmed  overseers  instead  of  armed 
sentinels,  and  will  be  required  to  attend  drills  unless  the  commanding 
officer  shall  direct  otherwise.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (932) 

378.  When  officers  and  soldiers  are  to  be  placed  in  arrest  or  con- 
finement. An  officer  charged  with  crime  or  with  a  serious  offense 
under  the  Articles  of  War  shall  be  placed  in  arrest  by  the  commanding 
officer,  and  in  exceptional  cases  an  officer  so  charged  may  be  placed 

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in  confinement  by  the  same  authority.  A  soldier  charged  with  crime 
or  with  a  serious  offense  under  the  Articles  of  War  shall  be  placed  in 
confinement,  and  when  charged  with  a  minor  offense  he  may  be  placed 
in  arrest.  Any  other  person  subject  to  military  law  charged  with 
crime  or  with  a  serious  offense  under  the  Articles  of  War  shall  be 
placed  in  confinement  or  in  arrest,  as  circumstances  may  require;  and 
when  charged  with  a  minor  offense  such  person  may  be  placed  in 
arrest.  Any  person  placed  in  arrest  as  hereinbefore  specified  shall 
thereby  be  restricted  to  his  barracks,  quarters,  or  tent,  unless  such 
limits  shall  be  enlarged  by  proper  authority.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (933) 

379.  Officer  of  the  Day  releasing  garrison  prisoners  whose  sen- 
tences expire,  and  reporting  cases  in  which  there  are  no  charges 
against  men  in  confinement.  In  the  absence  of  special  instructions, 
the  old  officer  of  the  day  will,  at  guard  mounting,  release  all  garrison 
prisoners  whose  sentences  expire  that  day.  If  there  are  any  prisoners 
with  no  record  of  charges  against  them,  the  old  officer  of  the  day  will 
report  that  fact  to  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  give  the  necessary 
instructions.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (934) 

380.  Placing  prisoners  in  irons.  Prisoners  will  not  be  placed  in 
irons  except  in  the  extraordinary  case  of  a  prisoner  who,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  commanding  officer,  is  a  desperate  or  dangerous  char- 
acter, in  which  case  report  of  action  and  the  circumstances  will  be 
immediately  made  to  the  department  or  tactical  division  commander. 
When  a  prisoner  is  removed  from  irons  a  report  of  that  action  will  be 
made  to  the  department  or  tactical  division  commander.  A  prisoner 
may  be  shackled  or  handcuffed  while  being  transported  from  one  post 
to  another,  or  from  a  post  to  a  penitentiary  when,  in  the  judgment  of 
the  officer  in  charge,  the  escape  of  the  prisoner  can  not  otherwise 
be  prevented.     (C.  A.  R,  No.  31.)     (935) 

381.  General  prisoners  released  from  confinement  only  by  order 
of  commanding  officer.  No  general  prisoners  will  be  released  from 
confinement  except  on  an  order  communicated  by  the  commanding 
officer,  who,  before  giving  such  order,  will  verify  the  date  of  expira- 
tion of  the  prisoner's  sentence  by  examining  all  orders  fixing  or  modi- 
fying his  term  of  confinement.     (941) 

QUARTERMASTER  CORPS 

382.  General  duties.  The  Quartermaster  Corps  is  charged  with 
the  duty  of  providing  means  of  transportation  of  every  character, 
either  under  contract  or  in  kind,  which  may  be  needed  in  the  move: 

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ment  of  troops  and  material  of  war.  It  furnishes  all  public  animals 
employed  in  the  service  of  the  Army,  the  forage  consumed  by  them, 
wagons  and  all  articles  necessary  for  their  use,  and  the  horse  equip- 
ments for  the  Quartermaster  Corps.  It  furnishes  clothing,  camp  and 
garrison  equipage,  barracks,  storehouses,  and  other  buildings;  con- 
structs and  repairs  roads,  railways,  bridges;  builds  and  charters  ships, 
boats,  docks,  and  wharves  needed  for  military  purposes;  supplies  sub- 
sistence for  enlisted  men  and  others  entitled  thereto;  supplies  articles 
for  authorized  sales  and  issues;  furnishes  lists  of  articles  authorized 
to  be  kept  for  sale;  gives  instructions  for  procuring,  distributing, 
issuing,  selling,  and  accounting  for  all  quartermaster  and  subsistence 
supplies;  has  charge  of  the  supply  and  distribution  of  and  accounting 
for  funds  for  the  payment  of  the  Army,  and  such  other  financial  duties 
as  are  specially  assigned  to  it;  and  attends  to  all  matters  connected 
with  military  operations  which  are  not  expressly  assigned  to  some 
other  bureau  of  the  War  Department.  (See  par.  1493.)  (C.  A.  R.,  No. 
46.)     (1000) 

383.  Neglect  to  take  proper  care  of  rooms  or  furniture,  a  military 
offense.  Neglect  by  any  officer  or  soldier  to  take  proper  care  of 
rooms  or  furniture  used  by  him  is  a  military  offense.  In  case  of 
damage,  such  officer  or  soldier  may  be  allowed  to  pay  cost  of  neces- 
sary repairs  if  the  commanding  officer  deem  such  payment  sufficient. 
Commanding  officers  will  report,  through  prescribed  channels,  to 
the  War  Department  their  proceedings  in  all  cases  under  this  regula- 
tion.     (1011) 

384.  Permanent  furniture  in  officers'  quarters.  Permanent  heavy 
furniture  will  be  assigned  to  officers'  quarters  by  the  Quartermaster 
General  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  All  articles  of 
such  furniture  will  be  marked  with  the  number  of  the  quarters  to 
which  they  may  be  assigned,  will  be  considered  a  part  of  such  quarters, 
and  will  not  be  removed  therefrom  (except  for  repair  or  storage,  or 
when  the  quarters  are  abandoned  for  use  as  officers'  quarters)  without 
authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  A  memorandum  receipt  will  be 
given  by  an  officer  to  whom  quarters  have  been  assigned  for  the  furni- 
ture therein  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  and  he  will  be  re- 
sponsible for  its  proper  care  and  will  be  charged  with  the  amount  of 
any  damage  thereto  other  than  that  incident  to  fair  wear  and  tear. 

The  quartermaster  will  include  in  the  report  called  for  by 
paragraph  1010  a  statement  of  the  condition  of  furniture  placed  in 
officers'  quarters.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.)     (1020) 

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385.  Application  for  quarters  upon  reporting  for  duty.  An  officer 
reporting  for  duty  at  a  post  will,  immediately  upon  his  arrival,  make 
written  application  to  the  commanding  officer  for  quarters.  If  in  com- 
mand of  troops,  he  will  apply  for  quarters  for  himself,  for  his  sub- 
ordinate officers,  and  the  enlisted  men  of  his  command.  The  applica- 
tion will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  directing  him  to  re- 
port at  the  station,  and  will  be  referred  to  the  quartermaster  for 
proper  action  under  such  instructions  as  the  commanding  officer  may 
indorse  thereon.     (1027) 

386.  Fuel  allowance.  Each  officer  or  enlisted  man  entitled  to  and 
occupying  public  quarters  will  be  furnished  at  the  expense  of  the 
United  States  with  the  quantity  of  fuel  required  to  do  the  necessary 
heating,  cooking,  and  heat  the  necessary  water  in  the  building  to  which 
assigned  at  a  military  post,  in  accordance  with  allowances  published 
from  time  to  time.  The  allowances  are  cumulative  for  the  entire  fiscal 
year,  or  such  portion  thereof  as  an  officer  or  organization  may  serve 
at  the  same  post  or  station.  At  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year,  or  when 
officers  or  organizations  change  station,  fuel  accounts  shall  be  closed 
and  excess  issues  paid  for.  Savings  on  allowances  are  not  transferable 
to  another  post  or  station. 

Where  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  is  occupying  quarters  other 
than  public,  the  Quartermaster  Corps  will  pay  commutation  to  such 
officer  or  enlisted  man  for  the  heat  actually  necessary  for  the  number 
of  rooms  actually  occupied,  but  not  exceeding  the  number  to  which 
the  rank  of  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  entitles  him  as  specified  in  the 
Army  Regulations.     (1036) 

387.  Fuel  issued  officers  is  for  personal  use.  Fuel  will  only  be 
issued  or  sold  to  an  officer  upon  his  certificate  that  it  is  for  his  person- 
al or  family  use;  any  sale,  exchange,  or  transfer  whatever  of  fuel 
issued  or  sold  to  an  officer  under  this  paragraph  is  forbidden.     (1039) 

388.  Any  unused  portion  of  fuel  issued  must  be  taken  up  by  ac- 
countable officer.  Fuel  issued  to  officers  or  troops  is  public  property. 
Any  portion  not  consumed  by  them  when  the  quarterly  inventory  of 
fuel  is  made  will  be  immediately  taken  up  by  the  accountable  officer 
on  the  prescribed  form  and  posted  to  the  property  account  as  a  debit. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  42.)     (1042) 

389.  Issue  of  stationery.  The  issue  of  stationery  for  all  military 
purposes  shall  be  made  on  requisition  approved  by  the  commanding 
officer  and  receipted  by  the  officer  to  whom  the  issue  is  made.  The 
material  to  be  issued  shall  consist  of  typewriter  supplies,  writing  and 

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blotting  paper,  pads,  pens,  penholders,  ink,  mucilage,  sealing  wax. 
office  tape,  envelopes,  and  lead  pencils.  Officers  approving  requisi- 
tions will  enforce  economy  in  the  use  of  stationery.  But  one  issue  a 
quarter  will  be  made  to  officers  not  drawing  for  an  office.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  10.)     (1062) 

390.  The  forage  ration.  (Changed  by  C.  A.  R.,  No.  15,  W.  D., 
1914.)  The  forage  ration  for  a  horse  is  14  pounds  of  hay  and  12 
pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley,  and  3%  pounds  of  straw  (or  hay)  for 
bedding;  for  a  Field  Artillery  horse  of  the  heavy  draft  type  weighing 
1,300  pounds  or  over,  17  pounds  of  hay  and  14  pounds  of  oats,  corn, 
or  barley,  and  3%  pounds  of  straw  (or  hay)  for  bedding;  for  a  mule, 
14  pounds  of  hay  and  9  pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley,  and  3%  pounds 
of  straw  (or  hay)  for  bedding.  To  each  animal  3  pounds  of  bran 
may  be  issued  in  lieu  of  that  quantity  of  grain. 

The  commanding  officer  may  in  his  discretion  vary  the 
proportions  of  the  components  of  the  ration  (1  pound  of  grain,  1% 
pounds  of  hay,  and  2  pounds  of  straw  being  taken  as  equivalents), 
and  in  the  field  may  substitute  other  recognized  articles  of  forage 
obtained  locally,  the  -variation  or  the  substitution  not  to  exceed  the 
money  value  of  the  components  of  the  ration  at  the  contract  rates 
in  effect  at  the  time  of  change.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.)     (1077) 

391.  Commanding  officer  may  increase  or  decrease  the  forage 
ration.  Where  grazing  is  practicable,  or  when  little  work  is  required 
of  the  animals,  commanding  officers  will  reduce  the  forage  ration. 
When,  on  the  other  hand,  conditions  demand  it,  they  are  authorized 
to  increase  the  ration,  not  in  excess,  however,  of  savings  made. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.)     (1078) 

392.  Number  of  authorized  mounts  and  forage  therefor.  All 
mounted  officers  below  the  rank  of  brigadier  general  are  allowed  2 
mounts. 

If  any  mounted  officer  should  not  own  the  full  number 
of  suitable  serviceable  mounts  allowed,  the  number  of  forage  rations 
furnished  to  him  will  be  reduced  accordingly. 

Full  forage  rations  are  furnished  to  mounted  officers  up  to 
the  authorized  number  of  their  mounts,  but  this  allowance  is  to  be 
used  only  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  the   officer  properly  mounted. 

This  allowance  continues  at  the  officer's  regular  post  of 
duty,  when  he  is  on  leave  of  absence,  or  when  he  is  on  duty  the 
nature  of  which  necessitates  temporary  separation  from  his  mounts. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.)     (1080) 

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393.  Drawing  forage  for  private  mounts  while  using  public 
mounts,  prohibited;  unauthorized  use  of  public  mounts  forbidden. 
Mounted  officers  will  not  use  public  horses  and  at  the  same  time 
draw  forage  for  those  they  own,  except  while  on  foreign  service  in 
countries  from  which  horses  are  not  allowed  to  enter  the  United 
States;  nor  will  they  use  public  animals  except  as  authorized  by 
regulations.  Should  circumstances  render  it  necessary,  an  officer 
may  be  temporarily  furnished  with  public  horses.     (1081) 

394.  Any  officer  may  purchase  forage.  An  officer  may  purchase 
forage  for  two  horses  kept  for  his  own  use,  for  which  he  will  be 
charged  cost,  including  transportation.     (1082) 

395.  Forage  not  to  be  used  or  disposed  of  for  any  purpose  except 
that  for  which  issued.  An  officer  shall  not  sell,  nor  allow  to  be  sold, 
the  forage  issued  for  his  own  horses  or  the  public  animals  under  his 
charge;  nor  shall  he  use  or  dispose  of,  or  permit  to  be  used  or 
disposed  of,  such  forage,  or  any  portion  thereof,  except  for  the 
purpose  for  which  it  was  issued.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  21.)     (1083) 

396.  Issue  of  straw  for  bedding  for  troops.  Except  for  troops 
serving  in  the  Tropics,  when  mattresses  are  not  supplied,  a  bed 
sack  and  30  pounds  of  straw  a  month  for  bedding  will  be  furnished 
to  each  enlisted  man  in  barracks  or  in  a  permanent  or  a  maneuver 
camp,  and  to  each  prisoner  in  a  guardhouse,  and  a  bed  sack  and 
such  quantity  of  straw  as  the  chief  medical  officer  may  certify  to  be 
necessary  to  each  enlisted  man  in  a  field  hospital.  In  the  field,  in 
cases  not  covered  above,  such  quantity  of  straw  or  hay  for  the 
bedding  of  troops  is  authorized  as  the  commanding  officer,  after 
advising  with  the  medical  officer  of  the  command,  may  deem  necessary 
to  preserve  the  health  of  the  troops.  So  far  as  practicable,  an  iron 
bunk  will  be  furnished  to  each  prisoner  in  a  post  guardhouse  and 
prison  room.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  45.)     (1084) 

397.  When  hay  may  be  issued  for  bedding.  At  posts  where  straw 
is  not  furnished  hay  will  be  issued  and  used  for  bedding.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  21.)     (1085) 

398.  Organizations  to  be  furnished  quartermaster  supplies  on 
memorandum  receipt.  Officers  commanding  companies  or  detach- 
ments will  be  furnished  by  the  quartermaster,  on  approved  requisition, 
with  the  necessary  authorized  quartermaster  supplies;  and  for  all 
such,  except  those  that  may  be  properly  dropped  as  expended,  said 
commanding  officers  will  give  memorandum  receipts  to  the  account- 
able  officer,  who  will   continue   to   bear   said   supplies   on   his   return 

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until  they  have  been  transferred,  expended,  or  otherwise  disposed 
of  and  duly  accounted  for  as  required  by  regulations.     (1089) 

399.  Continuation  of  property  responsibility  in  case  of  persons 
temporarily  absent.  Officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments 
temporarily  absent  from  posts  will  continue  responsible  to  quarter- 
masters from  whom  supplies  have  been  procured  on  memorandum 
receipts.  Should  the  services  of  a  quartermaster  become  necessary, 
one  will  be  appointed  for  the  command.     (1090) 

400.  Settlement  for  supplies  held  on  memorandum  receipt  in  case 
of  change  of  station.  When  troops  change  station,  only  such  quarter- 
master supplies  as  are  authorized,  or  as  may  be  directed  to  be  trans- 
ferred, will  be  removed  from  the  station.  Company  and  detachment 
commanders,  prior  to  departure  from  a  station,  will  have  a  settle- 
ment with  the  quartermaster  for  supplies  held  on  memorandum  receipt. 
For  such  supplies  as  must  accompany  troops,  company  and  detach- 
ment commanders  will  give  certificates  to  the  quartermaster.  Memo- 
randum receipts  that  have  been  thus  satisfied  will  be  returned  to  the 
respective  company  and  detachment  commanders.  The  quartermaster 
will  forward  the  certificates,  accompanied  by  the  requisite  papers  for 
transferring  the  accountability,  to  the  quartermaster  at.  the  destination 
of  the  troops.  The  commanders  of  incoming  organizations  upon 
arrival  will  report  the  supplies  in  their  custody  and  give  memorandum 
receipts  therefor  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  then  return  to  the 
respective  commanders  their  certificates.     (1091) 

401.  When  quartermaster  property  is  left  because  of  person  being 
detached  for  duty  in  field.  Whenever  an  officer,  noncommissioned 
officer,  or  other  persons  in  the  military  service  is  detached  from  a  post 
for  duty  in  the  field  and  has  left  quartermaster  property  for  which  he 
has  signed  a  memorandum  receipt,  the  quartermaster  will  take  posses- 
sion of  such  property  upon  request  of  the  person  concerned,  carefully 
check  same,  and  issue  a  credit  slip  (Q.  M.  C.  Form  243)  in  duplicate, 
on  which  will  be  listed  the  article  or  articles  taken  in,  the  original  of 
which  will  be  sent  to  the  person  concerned  and  the  duplicate  retained 
by  the  quartermaster.  Should  damage  not  the  result  of  fair  wear 
and  tear  in  the  service  or  a  shortage  be  found  to  exist,  the  quarter- 
master will  communicate  with  the  person  concerned  writh  a  view  to 
securing  an  adjustment  before  taking  steps  toward  collecting  the  value 
of   the   article    or   articles    short    or    damaged.      (C.    A.    R.,    No.    30.) 

(1091^) 

402.  In  case  of  failure  to  account  for  property  held  on  memo- 
randum receipt.     Certificates  given  for  supplies  accompanying  troops 

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and  memorandum  receipts  given  by  officers  for  supplies  issued  or 
loaned  for  their  individual  use,  or  for  use  of  the  organizations  under 
their  command,  will  be  made  in  the  prescribed  form,  and  should  any 
officer,  when  called  upon  by  proper  authority  to  produce  any  of  the 
supplies  enumerated  therein,  fail  to  do  so,  or  to  furnish  proper  evi- 
dence that  deficient  or  damaged  supplies  have  been  accounted  for  as 
required  by  regulations,  the  name  of  the  officer  delinquent  will  be 
reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  Quartermaster  General,  and 
said  officer's  pay  to  the  extent  of.  the  deficiency  or  damage  will  be 
stopped,  in  conformity  with  paragraphs  702  and  703.  The  accountable 
officer  may  drop  from  his  return  the  articles  deficient,  forwarding  the 
memorandum  receipt  or  certificate  as  a  voucher  therefor.  (C.  A.  R., 
No.  10.)     (1092) 

403.  Purchase  of  public  mounts.  Under  the  rules  and  regulations 
prescribed  in  the  Army  Regulations,  mounted  officers  may  purchase 
public  mounts  at  posts  or  from  remount  depots.  However,  when  a 
mounted  officer  purchases  a  horse  from  the  Government  he  is  not 
permitted  to  sell  the  animal  to  private  parties,  but  he  may  sell  him  to 
another  officer  or  back  to  the  Government,  at  a  price  to  be  determined 
in  the  manner  prescribed  in  the  Army  Regulations.  (Author. — Based 
on  A.  R.  1095) 

404.  Officers  below  major  required  to  be  mounted  may  be  fur- 
nished public  mount.  For  their  own  headquarters  and  otherwise, 
except  as  provided  in  this  paragraph,  the  use  of  public  horses  by 
officers  will  be  regulated  by  department  commanders  in  conformity 
with  the  necessities  of  the  public  service. 

Officers  below  the  rank  of  major  who  are  required  to  be 
mounted  will  be  furnished  with  one  mount  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps 
in  case  they  do  not  elect  to  provide  themselves  with  suitable  private 
mounts.  Such  public  mounts  will  ordinarily  be  assigned  one  to  the 
exclusive  use  of  each  officer  and  will  be  foraged,  stabled,  shod, 
groomed,  fed,  watered,  and  furnished  with  veterinary  treatment  and 
medicine  at  Government  expense.  Authorized  private  mounts  of 
officers  will  similarly  at  Government  expense  be  stabled,  shod,  foraged, 
and  supplied  with  veterinary  treatment  and  medicine.  Should  the 
circumstances  of  service  at  a  particular  station  cause  the  number  of 
Government  mounts  available  for  use  under  this  paragraph  to  fall 
below  the  number  of  officers  entitled  to  such  mounts  under  the  law, 
the  post  commander  will  regulate  the  use  of  the  public  mounts  actually 

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405-406 

on  hand  with   due   consideration  for  the   service  and   the   rights   and 
duties  of  the  individual  officers  concerned.     (1096) 

405.  Transportation  of  baggage.  In  changing  station  authorized 
allowances  of  baggage  will  be  turned  over  to  the  quartermaster  to  be 
packed,  crated,  weighed,  and  marked  for  transportation  as  freight  by 
ordinary  freight  lines.     (1135) 

406.  Authorized  allowance.  The  baggage  to  be  transported  at 
public  expense,  including  mess  chests  and  personal  baggage,  upon 
change  of  station  will  not  exceed  when  packed  and  crated  the  follow- 
ing gross  weights: 


Rank. 


In    the 
field    or 
temporary- 
change   of 
station. 


Permanent 

change   of 

station. 


Field   officer 

Captain     

First  lieutenant,  contract  surgeon,  and  acting  dental  surgeon 
Second  lieutenant  and  veterinarian    


Pounds. 
400 
200 
150 
150 


I 


Pounds. 
7,200 
6,000 
5,100 
4,500 


These  allowances  are  in  excess  of  the  weights  transported 
free  of  charge  under  the  regular  fare  by  public  carriers.  They  may 
be  reduced  pro  rata  by  the  commanding  officer,  if  necessary,  and  may 
in  special  cases  be  increased  by  the  War  Department  on  transports  by 
water. 

Invoices  of  household  goods  or  personal  effects  turned  over 
to  the  shipping  officer  will  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  showing 
that  the  goods  are  the  property  of  the  officer,  noncommissioned  officer, 
or  civilian  employee  requesting  the  shipment. 

Baggage  in  excess  of  the  foregoing  allowances  will  be 
shipped  upon  the  same  bill  of  lading  with  the  regulation  allowance 
upon  deposit  with  the  shipping  officer,  prior  to  issue'  of  the  bill  of 
lading,  of  a  sum  equal  to  the  commercial  freight  charges  on  the 
excess,  to  be  ascertained  from  or  through  the  agent  of  the  carrier  at 
point  of  shipment,  and  cost  of  exchange  for  remittance  to  the  officer 
who  will  settle  the  transportation  charges.  The  excess  will  not  be 
shipped  on  Government  bill  of  lading  unless  such  deposit  be  first  made. 

Bills  of  lading  covering  shipments  of  baggage  will  in  all  cases 
carrying  notation  "Released  valuation  $10  per  100  pounds,"  unless  the 
owner  files  written  authority  with  the  shipping  quartermaster  to  ship 


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407-408 

his  entire  baggage  unreleased.  In  the  latter  case  bills  of  lading  must 
carry  the  notation  "unlimited  valuation,"  provided  the  owner  deposits 
with  the  shipping  quartermaster  a  sum  equal  to  the  additional  commer- 
cial cost  of  shipment  at  "unlimited  valuation." 

The  maximum  money  allowance  for  packing  and  crating  for 
each  grade,  exclusive  of  professional  books  and  papers,  will  be  as  fol- 
lows, and  will  not  be  exceeded.  When  less  than  the  maximum  allow- 
ance for  each  grade  is  transported  a  proportionate  decrease  in  the  cost 
of  packing  and  crating  will  be  made. 


Rank 


Permanent 

change  of 

station. 


Field   officer    

Captain     

First  lieutenant,  contract  surgeon,  and  acting  dental  surgeon 
Second  lieutenant  and  veterinarian   


$43.20 
36.00 
30.60 
27.00 


The  maximum  tare  weight  of  any  of  the  foregoing  allowances 
will  not  exceed  one-fifth  of  the  gross  weight.  Any  saving  in  tare 
weight  effects  an  increase  in  net  weight.  With  this  end  in  view,  burlap 
and  excelsior  should  be  used  as  much  as  possible  as  a  substitute  for 
crating,  and  the  use  of  lumber  should  be  limited  as  much  as  possible. 
Should  the  owner  desire  lighter  packing  or  crating  than  the  quarter- 
master deems  sufficient,  the  lighter  crating  or  packing  will  be  used 
only  upon  written  request  of  the  owner.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  32.) 
(1136) 

407.  Price  of  clothing  and  equipage.  Tables  showing  the  price 
of  clothing  and  equipage  for  the  Army,  the  allowance  of  clothing  in 
kind  to  each  soldier  for  each  year  of  his  enlistment,  and  his  clothing 
money  allowance  for  each  year,  month,  and  day,  also  the  allowance  of 
equipage  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  will  be  published  in  orders  from 
the  War  Department.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  6.)     (1146) 

408.  Issue  of  clothing  to  soldiers.  When  clothing  is  required,  issue 
will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster  either  to  the  individual  soldier  or 
in  bulk  to  the  organization  commander,  or  an  officer  representing  him. 
for  issue  to  the  enlisted  men  of  his  command. 

In  either  case  the  soldier  will  make  request  (single  copy)  on 
individual  clothing  slip  to  his  organization  commander.  For  this 
purpose  the  original  and  duplicate  slips  will  be  detached  and  used 
indiscriminately. 

•    [114] 


408  (contd.) 

When  the  issue  of  clothing  to  the  individual  soldier  is  desired 
individual  clothing  slips  in  duplicate,  numbered  serially  for  the  month 
or  period  and  enumerating  the  articles  needed,  will  be  prepared  by  the 
organization  commander  by  carbon  process.  The  quantities  and  sizes 
desired  will  be  entered  by  the  organization  commander,  except  that 
for  men  not  yet  fitted  sizes  may  be  filled  in  at  the  time  of  issue  after 
proper  size  has  been  determined  by  try  on. 

Clothing  issued  to  the  individual  soldier  and  removed  from 
the  quartermaster's  storehouse  will  not  be  received  back  by  the 
quartermaster. 

If  a  large  number  of  men  of  an  organization  are  to  draw 
clothing,  individual  clothing  slips  will  be  sent  to  the  quartermaster  in 
advance  to  permit  the  clothing  to  be  prepared  for  issue. 

At  the  time  of  issue  the  quartermaster  or  his  representative 
will  enter  by  carbon  process  the  quantities,  sizes,  and  unit  prices  of  the 
articles  issued,  initial  the  slip  in  space  "Issued  by,"  and  obtain  the 
soldier's  receipt  on  both  copies.  A  line  will  be  drawn  through  each 
blank  space  in  column  "Quantities  issued"  on  original  and  duplicate  by 
the  quartermaster  or  his  representative  before  the  soldier  signs  the 
receipt.  The  "original"  will  be  retained  by  the  quartermaster  and  the 
"duplicate"  returned  to  the  organization  commander  or  his  representa- 
tive at  the  time  of  issue  or  returned  at  the  close  of  the  business  day  in 
a  sealed  envelope  to  the  organization  commander.  The  original  will  be 
abstracted  daily  by  the  quartermaster  on  abstract  of  clothing  issued. 
The  duplicate,  after  having  been  returned  by  the  quartermaster,  will  be 
retained  by  the  organization  commander,  who  will  immediately  deter- 
mine the  total  money  value  and  enter  the  transaction  on  abstract  of 
clothing  drawn,  statement  of  clothing  charged  to  enlisted  men,  and 
service  record.    The  soldier's  request  will  then  be  destroyed. 

At  the  end  of  the  month  or  whenever  an  organization  leaves 
the  vicinity  of  the  issuing  quartermaster  for  an  extended  period,  the 
organization  commander  will  compare  his  abstract  of  clothing  drawn 
with  the  quartermaster's  abstract  of  clothing  issued.  After  satisfactor}' 
settlement  of  all  differences  an  additional  copy  of  the  abstract  will  be 
prepared  by  the. organization  commander  and  delivered  to  the  quarter- 
master not  later  than  the  fifth  of  the  succeeding  month.  The  quarter- 
master will  note  fact  oT  signature  on  his  retained  copy.  The  organi- 
zation commander  will  file  his  retained  copy  of  the  abstract  with  the 
corresponding  duplicate  individual  clothing  slips  and  statement  of 
clothing  charged  to  enlisted  men. 

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408  (contd.) 

The  quartermaster  will  forward  the  copy  of  abstract  signed 
by  the  organization  commander  to  the  Quartermaster  General  of  the 
Army  as  a  voucher  to  his  property  account  and  will  retain  the  other 
copy. 

When  clothing  is  desired  in  bulk,  the  organization  commander 
will  prepare  a  requisition  in  triplicate  on  the  prescribed  form  enu- 
merating the  articles  and  sizes  needed  and  showing  the  total  required. 
The  three  copies  of  the  requisition  will  be  sent  to  the  quartermaster, 
who  will  prepare  the  items  for  issue,  enter  in  columns  "Issued"  on  all 
copies  the  quantities  which  can  be  actually  supplied,  and  enter  the  unit 
prices.  The  quartermaster  will  send  due  notice  to  the  organization 
commander  when  the  clothing  is  ready  for  issue.  After  verifying  the 
quantities  of  clothing  entered  in  columns  "Issued,"  the  organization 
commander  or  an  officer  designated  by  him  will  sign  on  all  copies  a 
receipt  to  the  effect  that  he  has  received  the  articles  enumerated  in 
columns  "Issued."  The  quartermaster  or  his  representative  issuing 
the  clothing  will  sign  a  statement  on  all  copies  to  that  effect.  The 
articles  will  then  be  removed  from  the  quartermaster's  storehouse. 
One  copy  of  the  requisition  will  be  turned  over  to  the  organization 
commander  or  his  representative  at  the  time  of  issue  of  clothing. 

The  organization  commander  or  an  officer  designated  b}' 
him  will  at  once  issue  the  clothing  to  the  enlisted  men.  The  issuing 
officer  will  enter  on  the  request  submitted  by  the  soldier  the  quantities 
issued,  initial  the  slip,  and  obtain  the  soldier's  receipt  at  the  time  of 
issue. 

All  clothing  not  actually  issued  to  enlisted  men  will  be  re- 
turned by  the  organization  commander  or  an  officer  designated  by 
him  to  the  quartermaster  within  24  hours  after  the  clothing  was  drawn 
and  the  quantities  so  returned  entered  in  columns  "Returned  to 
quartermaster"  on  the  three  copies  of  requisition.  The  officer  will 
sign  a  statement  on  all  copies  that  the  articles  enumerated  in  columns 
"Returned  to  quartermaster"  were  so  returned,  and  the  quartermaster 
or  his  representative  will  sign  the  receipt  on  all  copies  to  the  effect 
that  the  articles  have  been  received.  A  line  will  be  drawn  through  each 
blank  space  on  all  copies  in  columns  "Returned  to  quartermaster"  be- 
fore signing.  The  difference  between  the  quantities  received  and  the 
quantities  returned  to  the  quartermaster  will  be  entered  in  columns 
"Net  issued"  and  total  money  value  determined.  The  organization 
commander  or  his  representative  will  sign  certificate  on  the  copy  of 
the   requisition   retained   by   the   organization,   to   the   effect   that   the 

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409-410-411 

articles  enumerated  in  columns  "Net  issued"  have  been  duly  issued, 
stating  total  money  value  of  clothing  issued  to  the  enlisted  men. 

The  organization  commander  will  prepare  the  statement  of 
clothing  charged  to  enlisted  men  and  enter  the  date  and  money  value 
of  clothing  issued  in  the  clothing  account  on  the  soldier's  service  re- 
cord. The  soldiers'  requests,  requisition,  and  the  statement  of  clothing 
charged  to  enlisted  men  will  be  kept  filed  togther  by  the  organization 
commander. 

The  quartermaster  will  forward  one  copy  of  requisition  to 
the  Quartermaster  General  of  the  Army  as  a  voucher  to  his  property 
account  and  will  retain  the  other  copy.  (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  26  and  55.) 
(1157) 

409.  Soldiers  clothing  account.  Each  soldier's  clothing  account 
will  be  kept  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander  on  the  blank 
provided  for  that  purpose.  The  account  will  show  the  money  value 
of  the  clothing  received  by  the  soldier  at  each  issue  and  his  receipt 
therefor  will  be  taken  on  the  blank.  Gratuitous  issues  will  be  entered 
separately,  but  their  money  value  will  not  be  deducted  from  the  sol- 
dier's regular  clothing  allowance.     (1159) 

410.  Settlement  of  clothing  account.  Company  and  detachment 
commanders  will  settle  the  clothing  account  of  every  enlisted  man  of 
their  commands  on  June  30  and  December  31  of  each  year,  without 
regard  to  date  of  individual  enlistment.  The  entire  amount  found  due 
the  United  States  will  be  charged  to  the  soldier  upon  the  pay  rolls  for 
the  period  embracing  the  date  of  settlement  and  on  subsequent  rolls 
until  the  whole  amount  is  deducted.     (1160) 

411.  Initial  and  yearly  clothing  allowances.  The  clothing  money 
allowance  will  consist  of  an  initial  allowance  and  a  yearly  allowance. 
The  initial  allowance  is  intended  to  cover  the  cost  of  all  clothing  re- 
quired between  date  of  enlistment  and  the  date  upon  which  the  recruit 
is  taken  up  for  full  duty,  but  will  not  be  considered  as  fully  earned  by 
the  soldier  until  he  shall  have  completed  six  months'  service.  The 
yearly  allowance  and  the  initial  allowance  will  be  determined  by  the 
annual  estimated  value  of  the  clothing.  One-sixth  of  the  initial  allow- 
ance will  constitute  the  monthly  share,  and  one-thirtieth  of  the  latter 
the  daily  share  of  the  initial  allowance  actually  accruing  to  the  soldier. 
When  the  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  is  opened  in  the  organization 
to  which  he  has  been  assigned,  he  will  be  credited  with  the  initial 
allowance.  At  the  first  settlement  thereafter  he  will  be  credited  with 
the  portion  of  the  yearly  allowance  accruing  between  date  of  enlist- 

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412 

ment  and  date  of  settlement  as  determined  by  the  monthly  and  daily 
rates.  At  each  succeeding  settlement  he  will  be  credited  with  half  the 
yearly  allowance,  and  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service  will  be 
credited  with  the  amount  due  from  last  settlement  as  determined  by 
the  monthly  and  daily  rates.     (1161) 

412.  Calculation  of  clothing  allowance  upon  separation  from  ser- 
vice. When  a  soldier  is  separated  from  the  service  during  the  first  six 
months  of  his  enlistment,  any  clothing  allowance  which  may  have  been 
previously  credited  to  him  will  be  disregarded,  and  the  allowance  to 
be  credited  in  the  settlement  of  his  clothing  account  will  be  deter- 
mined from  date  of  enlistment  to  date  of  separation  from  the  service, 
the  initial  allowance  according  to  the  table  of  allowances  in  force  at 
the  date  of  enlistment,  and  the  yearly  allowance  according  to  the  table 
of  allowances  in  force  at  the  date  of  separation  from  the  service;  if, 
however,  the  service  includes  a  June  30  settlement  date,  that  part  of 
the  yearly  allowance  applicable  to  the  service  terminating  on  June  30 
will  be  determined  according  to  the  table  of  allowances  in  force  on  that 
date,  and  the  remainder  of  the  service  by  the  table  of  allowances  in 
force  at  the  date  of  the  separation  from  the  service.  He  will  be  given 
no  credit  for  clothing  not  drawn  in  kind  unless  the  total  value  of  the 
clothing  charged  to  his  account  shall  be  less  than  the  amount  of  credit 
accruing  between  date  of  enlistment  and  date  of  separation  from  the 
service.  This  will  be  determined  by  adding  to  the  allowance  due  at  the 
yearly  rate  the  portion  of  the  initial  allowance  corresponding  to  the 
number  of  months  and  days  of  service.  Thus,  if  such  soldier  has  had 
three  months  and  three  days'  service  the  allowance  to  be  credited  from 
date  of  enlistment  to  date  of  separation  from  the  service  would  be 
the  sum  of  three  times  the  monthly  allowance,  three  times  the  daily 
allowance,  three  times  the  monthly  share  of  the  initial  allowance, 
and  three  times  the  daily  share  of  the  initial  allowance.  No 
deduction  will  be  made  from  the  initial  allowance  because  of  unautho- 
rized absence  prior  to  the  date  of  separation  from  the  service.  Should 
the  clothing  charged  to  the  soldier  amount  to  less  than  this  sum,  the 
difference  will  be  due  him;  but  the  final  account  of  such  soldier  shall 
show  no  indebtedness  to  the  United  States  for  clothing  overdrawn  un- 
less the  total  amount  charged  for  clothing  shall  exceed  the  entire 
initial  allowance  increased  by  the  portion  of  the  yearly  allowance 
accruing  between  date  of  enlistment  and  date  of  separation  from  the 
service,  in  which  case  the  excess  shall  be  charged  as  due  the  United 
States  for  clothing  overdrawn.    When  a  soldier  is  separated  from  the 

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413-414-415 

service  at  any  time  after  the  expiration  of  the  first  six  months  of  an 
enlistment,  he  will  be  credited  in  the  settlement  of  his  clothing  account 
with  the  allowance  accruing  between  date  of  last  settlement  and  date 
of  separation  from  the  service  as  determined  by  the  monthly  and  daily 
rates.  When  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government  a  soldier  is  re- 
tained in  the  service  after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  his 
clothing  money  allowance  at  the  regular  rate  will  be  credited  for  the 
period  of  such  retention.     (1162) 

413.  Balance  due  soldier  upon  separation  from  service.  The  bal- 
ance due  the  soldier  at  date  of  settlement  will  be  credited  to  him  upon 
his  clothing  account.  It  will  not  be  placed  upon  the  pay  rolls,  but  the 
final  balance  due  at  date  of  discharge  will  be  entered  in  words  and 
figures  upon  his  final  statements.  (C.  A.  R.,  No.  55.)     (1163) 

414.  Settlement  of  clothing  account  in  case  of  desertion.  The  cloth- 
ing account  of  a  soldier  who  deserts  should  be  settled  in  full  to  date  of 
desertion.  The  balance  due  to  him  or  to  the  United  States  will  be 
entered  on  the  next  pay  roll  after  date  of  desertion.  In  determining 
this  balance,  where  the  desertion  occurs  within  the  first  six  months  of 
enlistment,  any  clothing  allowance  which  may  have  been  previously 
credited  will  be  disregarded  and  the  allowance  to  be  credited  will  be 
the  portion  of  the  initial  and  yearly  allowances  accruing  from  date  of 
enlistment  to  date  preceding  date  of  desertion  as  indicated  in  para- 
graph 1162.  Where  the  desertion  occurs  after  the  first  six  months  of 
enlistment,  the  settlement  to  last  regular  settlement  date,  June  30  or 
December  31,  will  not  be  disturbed,  and  in  settling  the  account  to  date 
of  desertion  additional  credit  will  be  given  for  the  portion  of  the  yearly 
allowance  accruing  from  date  of  last  settlement  to  date  preceding  date 
of  desertion  as  shown  by  the  monthly  and  daily  rates.     (1164) 

415.  Clothing  allowance  of  soldier  in  desertion  or  absent  without 
leave.  A  soldier  in  desertion  or  absent  without  leave  is  entitled  to 
clothing  allowance  from  the  date  of  his  return  to  military  control  if 
such  date  is  prior  to  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment;  if  sub- 
sequently thereto,  no  clothing  allowance  will  be  due  him  unless  he  is 
retained  in  the  service,  in  which  case  he  will  be  entitled  to  clothing 
allowance  for  his  actual  service  in  making  good  the  time  lost,  which, 
under  paragraph  130,  commences  with  the  date  on  which  he  is  restored 
to  a  duty  status.  Should  the  term  of  enlistment  expire  while  the 
soldier  is  in  confinement  awaiting  trial  or  serving  sentence,  his  cloth- 
ing allowance  ceases  on  date  of  expiration  of  term  of  service  and  will 
not  again  accrue  until  he  is  restored  to  a  duty  status.     In  the   fore- 

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416 

going  cases  the  amount  due  the  soldier  will  be  obtained  from  the 
tables  then  and  subsequently  in  force.  In  the  case  of  a  soldier  against 
whom  a  charge  of  desertion  is  sustained  by  action  of  a  court-martial, 
or  who  is  restored  to  duty  without  trial  on  admitted  desertion,  a  new 
clothing  account  will  be  opened  without  reference  to  the  account  of  the 
soldier  at  date  of  desertion,  but  no  portion  of  the  initial  allowance  will 
be  credited.  In  the  case  of  a  soldier  who  is  charged  with  desertion  and 
the  charge  is  not  sustained  by  the  action  of  a  court-martial,  or  in  whose 
case  the  charge  is  removed  as  having  been  erroneously  made,  the  cloth- 
ing settlement  made  at  commencement  of  the  unauthorized  absence 
will  be  ignored  and  his  clothing  account  will  be  adjusted  by  simply 
omitting  any  credit  for  the  annual  allowance,  as  distinguished  from  the 
initial  allowance,  for  the  period  of  unauthorized  absence  and  for  any 
period  subsequent  to  the  expiration  of  term  of  enlistment  during  which 
he  may  have  been  in  confinement.     (1165) 

416.  Gratuitous  issue  of  clothing.  Gratuitous  issues  of  field  cloth- 
ing will  be  made  to  troops  whose  field  service  has  been  of  such  a  nature 
as  to  make  the  usual  clothing  allowances  insufficient.  Gratuitous 
issues  will  be  made  only  under  the  following  conditions: 

1.  Requests  for  gratuitous  issues  will  be  made  by  organization 
commanders  to  the  department  commander  through  military  channels. 
Intermediate  commanders  will  recommend  action  in  each  case. 

2.  Requests  for  gratuitous  issues  will  not  be  submitted  unless  the 
clothing  allowances,  accrued  from  the  beginning  of  the  enlistment 
period  up  to  the  time  of  the  request,  have  been  entirely  exhausted. 

3.  Requests  for  gratuitous  issues  will  be  accompanied  by  a  state- 
ment as  to  whether  or  not  previous  gratuitous  issues  have  been  made 
to  the  same  individuals.  If  such  have  been  made,  full  details  will  be 
given  to  include  the  time,  place,  and  amount  of  previous  gratuitous 
issues. 

4.  Department  commanders  will  approve  gratuitous  issues  only 
when  the  evidence  submitted  clearly  indicates  that  unusually  severe 
conditions  of  field  service  have  made  the  ordinary  clothing  allowances 
insufficient,  and  that  due  economy  has  been  exercised  by  those  con- 
cerned. 

5.  On  receipt  of  requisitions  for  gratuitous  issues,  approved 
under  the  preceding  regulations  by  department  commanders,  field 
clothing  will  be  issued  without  charge  to  enlisted  men.  (C.  A.  R.,  No. 
54.)     (1168^) 

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Gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  may  be  made,  under  the  provi- 
sions of  section  1298,  Revised  Statutes,  to  replace  articles  destroyed  to 
prevent  the  spread  of  contagious  diseases,  upon  the  certificate  of  an 
officer  that  the  clothing  was  so  destroyed  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  medical  officer  named.     (1172) 

417.  Purchase  of  clothing  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps.  Officers 
of  the  Army,  members  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  contract  sur- 
geons, and  veterinarians  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster  Corps 
such  articles  of  uniform  clothing,  clothing  materials,  and  equipage  as 
they  need,  provided  the  property  is  available.  They  will  certify  that 
the  articles  are  for  their  personal  use.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  49.)     (1174) 

418.  Wearing  by  officers'  servants  of  clothing  intended  for  soldiers. 
Officers'  servants  will  not  be  permitted  to  wear  clothing  intended  for 
troops,  except  underclothing  and  shoes,  which  may  be  purchased  in 
limited  quantities,  if  available,  upon  the  officer's  certificate  that  they 
can  not  be  otherwise  obtained.     (1175) 

419.  Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils.  Commanding  officers  of  posts 
and  of  all  organizations  supplied  with  tableware  and  kitchen  utensils 
will  exercise  a  rigid  supervision  and  economy  in  the  care  and  pre- 
servation of  all  such  articles,  and  any  damaged,  broken,  destroyed,  or 
lost  through  the  carelessness  of  enlisted  men  will  be  charged  against 
their  pay,  as  explained  in  paragraph  686,  and  a  "statement  of  charges" 
on  the  prescribed  form  will  be  filed  as  a  voucher  with  the  property 
account  from  which  the  articles  are  dropped.  Loss  through  breakage 
of  china  and  glass  ware,  not  due  to  carelessness,  may  be  replaced  at 
public  expense  on  proper  requisition,  provided  it  does  not  exceed  20 
per  cent  per  annum,  or  5  per  cent  per  quarter,  of  the  total  value  of 
china  and  glass  ware  to  which  the  mess  is  entitled  (value  to  be  deter- 
mined by  the  prices  given  in  the  annual  price  list),  and  the  articles  so 
replaced  will  be  destroyed  and  dropped  from  property  accounts  in  the 
manner  prescribed  in  paragraph  1176.  Any  excess  of  breakage  will 
be  replaced  only  under  extraordinary  circumstances,  or  when  values 
have  been  charged  as  herein  provided,  and  requisitions  calling  for 
such  excess  must  show  clearly  the  circumstances  or  the  fact  that  charge 
has  been  made.  Estimates  calling  for  articles  other  than  china  and 
glass  ware  must  show  the  necessity  for  them,  and  if  to  replace  articles 
lost  or  stolen,  must  be  accompanied  by  the  report  of  a  surveying  officer, 
unless  values  have  been  charged  as  hereinbefore  directed.     (1178) 

420.  Corn  brooms,  scrubbing  brushes,  and  mops.  The  allowance 
of  corn  brooms,  scrubbing  brushes,  and  mops  will  be  as  follows: 

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421 

For  each  organization  having  an  authorized  maximum 
strength  of  100  enlisted  men  or  over,  9  brooms,  6  brushes,  and  3  mops  a 
month. 

For  each  organization  having  an  authorized  strength  of  less 
than  100  enlisted  men  and  over  60,  6  brooms,  4  brushes,  and  2  mops  a 
month. 

For  each  organization  having  an  authorized  strength  of  60 
men  or  less,  4  brooms,  3  brushes,  and  2  mops  a  month. 

Three  brooms  and  2  brushes  per  annum  for  each  noncom- 
missioned officer  entitled  to  a  room  as  quarters  and  for  each  room 
occupied  as  quarters  by  enlisted  men,  other  than  noncommissioned 
officers,  entitled  to  a  room  as  quarters. 

Six  brushes  and  4  mops  per  annum  to  each  post  bakery. 

Twelve  brooms  and  8  brushes  per  annum  to  each  city  re- 
cruiting station. 

For  cleaning  casemates,  storerooms,  and  loading  rooms,  3 
brooms  a  quarter. 

To  each  troop  of  Cavalry  for  cleaning  grain  and  saddle  rooms, 
3  brooms  per  quarter. 

To  each  battery  of  Field  Artillery  for  cleaning  grain  and 
saddle  rooms  and  gun  sheds,  9  brooms  per  quarter. 

To  each  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  band  (mounted)  for 
cleaning  grain  and  saddle  rooms,  1  broom  per  quarter. 

Commanding  officers  may,  when  necessary,  order  the  issue 
of  not  to  exceed  6  brooms  and  6  mops  per  annum  to  each  public 
office  and  building  heated  by  the  Government. 

The  necessity  for  and  the  fact  of  issue  will  in  all  cases  be 
certified  to  by  the  officer  commanding  the  organization  or  in  charge 
of  the  office  or  building  and  be  verified  by  the  commanding  officer. 

The  articles  mentioned  above  will  habitually  be  drawn  quar- 
terly but  may  be  drawn  when  needed.  If  less  than  the  maximum 
allowance  be  drawn  in  one  quarter,  credit  can  not  be  given  in  an- 
other quarter.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  3.)     (1181) 

421.  Lye  and  sapolio.  Commanding  officers  may,  when  necessary, 
order  the  issue  of  4  cans  of  concentrated  lye  and  6  cakes  of  sapolio 
per  month  to  each  company,  and  one-half  that  quantity  to  each  band, 
and  the  necessary  quantity  for  buildings  heated  by  the  Government 
and  not  thus  provided  for.  The  use  of  concentrated  lye  up-on  the 
floors  and  woodwork  in  all  modern  barracks,  kitchens  excepted,  is 
forbidden.     (1182) 

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422.  Telegraph  and  cable  to  be  used  only  in  case  of  urgency;  day 
telegrams;  night  telegrams.  The  telegraph  and  cable  will  be  used  only 
in  cases  of  urgent  and  imperative  necessity,  in  which  the  delay  con- 
sequent upon  transmission  by  mail  would  be  prejudicial  to  the  public 
interests.  Day  telegrams  will  not  be  sent  when  night  telegrams  would 
serve  the  purpose,  consideration  being  given  to  the  difference  between 
eastern  time  and  that  of  the  zone  to  which  the  message  is  sent.  Ex- 
cept in  cases  of  great  urgency,  night  telegrams  will  not  be  sent  when 
the  delivery  can  be  made  by  mail  the  following  morning.  Night  tele- 
grams will  be  plainly  indicated  by  the  words  "Night  telegram"  stamped 
thereon.  Wherever  practicable  the  consolidation  into  one  message  of 
several  telegrams  to  be  sent  to  a  single  officer  in  course  of  a  day's  busi- 
ness should  be  effected.     (1184) 

423.  Blanks  used  in  sending  telegrams.  Government  blanks  will 
be  used  when  practicable  in  sending  official  telegrams  by  those  in  the 
service  of  the  War  Department  authorized  to  send  such  telegrams,  ex- 
cept in  the  Engineer  Department,  on  river  and  harbor,  or  other  civil 
business,  and  will  be  marked  "Government  paid";  in  no  case  "Govern- 
ment collect."  Commercial  blanks,  if  used  officially,  should  also  be 
marked  "Government  paid."     (1186) 

424.  Telegrams  about  leaves.  Telegrams  making  application  for 
leave  of  absence  or  extension  of  leave,  or  of  inquiry  whether  leave  has 
been  granted,  and  the  replies  made  thereto  by  telegraph,  will  not  be 
sent  or  paid  for  as  public  dispatches.     (1187) 

425.  Number  of  words  to  be  reduced  to  minimum.  In  framing  tele- 
grams and  cablegrams  all  words  not  important  to  the  sense  will  be 
omitted,  addresses  condensed,  and  the  official  title  of  the  sender 
omitted  or  reduced  to  the  minimum,  thus  bringing  the  message,  so 
far  as  practicable,  within  the  limit  of  20  words.  The  last  name  of  the 
officer  addressed,  or  his  title,  and  the  last  name  of  the  sender  "are 
generally  sufficient.  Expressions  such  as  "The  Secretary  of  War 
directs,"   "By   order   of  the   Secretary   of  War,"   or   "Reference   your 

telegram  of  the instant,"  and  kindred  expressions  will  be  omitted. 

Telegrams  sent  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States,  except  those  of 
an  extremely  confidential  character,  need  not  be  coded  or  enciphered. 
(1188) 

THE  RATION 

426.  Ration  defined.  A  ration  is  the  allowance  for  the  subsistence 
of  one  person  for  one  day.     (1202) 

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427-428 

427.  The  garrison  ration.  The  garrison  ration  is  intended  for 
troops  in  garrison,  and,  in  time  of  peace,  for  troops  in  maneuver 
camps;  the  ration  to  be  issued  to  troops  on  the  march  in  time  of 
peace  will  be  prescribed  by  the  commander,  and  will  not  exceed  the 
allowances  prescribed  for  the  garrison  ration.     (1202) 

The  components  of  the  garrison  ration  are: 

Fresh  beef  (or  mutton,  bacon,  fish,  or  when  impracticable  to 
furnish  fresh  meat,  canned  meat); 

Flour  (or  soft  bread,  corn  meal,  or,  only  when  the  interest 
of  the  Government  so  require,  hard  bread); 

Baking  powder; 

Beans  (or  rice  or  hominy); 

Potatoes  (or  onions  or  tomatoes  in  lieu  of  equal  quantity  of 
potatoes,  but  not  exceeding  20%  of  total  issue;  or  other  fresh  vege- 
tables when  obtainable  in  vicinity,  but  not  exceeding  30%  of  total 
issue); 

Prunes  (or  dried  or  evaporated  apples  or  peaches;  or  jam,  not 
exceeding  50%  of  total  issue); 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground  (or  roasted  unground  coffee, 
green  coffee  or  tea); 

Sugar; 

Milk,  evaporated; 

Vinegar  (or  cucumber  pickles,  not  exceeding  50%  of  total 
issue); 

Salt; 

Pepper,  black; 

Cinnamon  (or  cloves,  ginger  or  nutmeg); 

Lard; 

Butter  (or  oleomargarine); 

Sirup; 

Flavoring  extract,  lemon   (or  vanilla).     (Based  on  1205) 

428.  The  travel  ration.  The  travel  ration  is  for  troops  traveling 
otherwise  than  by  marching  and  separated  from  cooking  facilities. 
(1202) 

The  components  of  the  travel  ration  are: 

Soft  bread  (or  hard  bread); 

Corned  beef  (or  corned  beef  hash); 

Baked  beans; 

Canned  tomatoes; 

Jam; 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground; 

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Sugar; 

Milk,  evaporated.     (Based  on  1205) 

429.  The  reserve  ration.  The  reserve  ration  is  carried  on  the 
person  of  the  men  and  in  the  trains,  and  constitutes  the  reserve  for 
field  service.     (1202) 

The  components  of  the  reserve  ration  are: 

Bacon  (or  canned  meat); 

Hard  bread; 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground; 

Sugar; 

Salt. 

One  day  in  each  alternate  month  of  the  season  of  practical 
instruction,  not  exceeding  three  days  in  each  year,  the  use  of  the  re- 
(  serve  ration  with  individual  cooking  will  be  required  by  all  troops  in 
the  field  for  purposes  of  instruction.     (1205) 

430.  The  field  ration.  The  field  ration  is  the  ration  prescribed  in 
.  orders  by  the  commander  of  the  field  forces.  It  consists  of  the  re- 
serve ration  in  whole  or  in  part,  supplemented  by  articles  of  food  re- 
quisitioned or  purchased  locally,  or  shipped  from  the  rear,  provided 
such  supplements  or  substitutes  correspond  generally  with  the  com- 
ponent articles  or  substitutive  equivalents  of  the  garrison  ration. 
(1205) 

431.  The  Filipino  ration.  The  Filipino  ration  is  for  the  use  of 
the  Philippine  Scouts.     (1202) 

432.  The  emergency  ration.  The  emergency  ration  is  for  troops 
in  active  campaign  for  use  on  occasions  of  emergency  or  in  the  field 
for  purposes  of  instruction.     (1202) 

The  emergency  ration  will  not  be  opened  except  by  order 
of  an  officer  or  in  extremity,  nor  used  when  regular  rations  are 
obtainable. 

Company  and  detachment  commanders  are  responsible  for 
the  proper  care  and  use  of  emergency  rations  carried  on  the  person  of 
the  soldier.     (1205) 

433.  Ration  returns.  Ration  returns  for  troops  and  applicants  for 
enlistment  while  held  under  observation  will  be  signed  by  the  imme- 
diate commanders  of  the  organizations,  and  approved  by  the  com- 
manding officer.  After  approval  they  will  be  presented  at  the  quarter- 
master's office  for  action.  Single  ration  returns  will  be  submitted  for 
organizations,  including  persons  permitted  to  mess  separately,  and 
will   embrace   all   persons   actually   present.      Individual   "Ration   and 

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434-435-436-437 

savings  accounts"  will  not  be  opened  for  enlisted  men  or  civilian 
employees  permitted  to  mess  separately.  Company  and  detachment 
commanders  will  personally  verify  the  additions  and  deductions  of 
rations  on  the  returns  on  account  of  men  joining  and  leaving  during 
the  ration  periods  immediately  preceding,  and  the  proper  authority 
before  approving  such  returns  will  cause  them  to  be  verified. 

In  the  field,  during  active  operations,  company  officers,  upon 
request,  will  be  included  by  name  on  the  ration  returns  of  the  organi- 
zation to  which  they  belong;  field  and  staff  officers  who  do  not  belong 
to  organizations  having  messes  upon  request  will  be  included  by  name 
on  the  ration  returns  of  such  organizations  as  may  be  designated  by 
their  commanding  Officer;  the  cost  of  the  rations  so  obtained  will  be 
charged  against  the  officers  concerned.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  34.)     (1209) 

434.  Ration  certificate.  When  any  considerable  detachment  of  en- 
listed men  leaves  a  post  or  command  the  detachment  commander  will 
be  furnished  by  the  quartermaster  with  a  ration  certificate  giving  the 
number  of  men  and  the  organization  to  which  they  belong,  and  setting 
forth  the  date  to  which,  and  by  whom,  their  ration  and  savings  account 
has  been  settled,  which  certificate  will  be  presented  to  the  command- 
ing officer  at  the  station  where  rations  are  next  furnished.  Civilian  em- 
ployees entitled  to  rations  are,  when  detached,  furnished  with  ration 
certificates.     (1213) 

435.  Deduction  of  rations  in  case  of  persons  leaving  organizations. 
When  a  person  entitled  to  rations  leaves  an  organization  the  rations 
allowed  for  him  for  any  period  beyond  the  date  of  his  leaving  and  not 
taken  with  him  will  be  deducted  on  the  next  ration  return  of  the  or- 
ganization.    (1214) 

436.  Extra  issues.  The  following  issues  are  authorized  when 
necessary  for  the  public  service  and,  with  the  exception  that  vinegar 
and  rock  salt  for  public  animals  will  be  included  in  requisitions  for 
forage,  will  be  made  on  ration  returns  approved  by  the  commanding 
officer,  who  will  determine  what  quantities,  within  the  limits  pre- 
scribed in  the  Army  Regulations  shall  be  issued: 

Soap;  candles,  when  other  illuminating  supplies  are  not  fur- 
nished by  the  Quartermaster  Corps;  lantern  candles;  matches;  toilet 
paper;  rock  salt  and  vinegar  for  public  animals;  flour,  for  paste  for 
target  practice;  towels  for  various  offices;  ice;  housewives,  one  to  each 
squad.     (Based  on  1215) 

437.  Issue  of  subsistence  stores;  ration  savings.  All  articles  of 
the  garrison,  travel,  or  Filipino  ration  due  a  company,  or  other  organi- 

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438 

zation,  will  be  retained  by  the  quartermaster  and  credit  given  to  the 
organization  for  the  money  value  of  these  articles  at  the  current 
price  of  the  articles;  and  the  quartermaster  will  pay  as  savings  to  the 
organization  commanders  any  excess  in  value  of  the  stores  so  re- 
tained over  those  purchased  by  the  organization.  Such  savings  shall 
be  used  solely  for  the  purchase  of  articles  of  food. 

When  on  the  march  in  time  of  peace,  a  daily  issue  of  rations 
will  be  made  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  the  Field  Service  Regula- 
tions for  time  of  war.  The  ration  to  be  issued  to  troops  on  the  march 
in  time  of  peace  will  be  prescribed  by  the  commander,  and  will  not 
exceed  the  allowances  prescribed  for  the  garrison  ration. 

In  time  of  peace  the  ration  savings  privilege  will  be  sus- 
pended for  troops  on  the  march,  except  that  when  so  ordered  by  the 
commander,  the  savings  privilege  will  be  allowed  on  certain  specified 
articles  of  the  ration. 

Upon  arrival  of  troops  at  mobilization  or  concentration 
camps  the  ration  savings  privilege  will  be  suspended  and  entirely  re- 
placed by  issue  of  rations  in  kind.  This  same  restriction  also  applies 
during  the  period  of  field  operations. 

The  commanding  officer  will  designate  the  periods  for  which 
ration  returns  are  to  be  submitted.  Immediately  upon  the  receipt  of 
a  ration  return  by  the  quartermaster,  duly  signed  and  approved,  he 
will  enter  it,  together  with  the  actual  cost  of  the  ration  as  computed 
on  the  back  of  the  ration  and  savings  account.  The  stores  required 
will  be  purchased  from  the  quartermaster  on  charge  sales  slips,  in 
the  name  of  the  organization,  against  their  credit  shown  on  the  ac- 
count. At  the  end  of  the  month,  or  whenever  necessary,  the  organi- 
zation commander  will  settle  the  account  with  the  quartermaster, 
when  the  savings  due  the  organization,  or  the  amount  due  the  quarter- 
master, as  the  case  may  be,  will  be  paid  and  the  account  certified  as 
required. 

All  articles  of  the  ration  required  for  the  supply  of  troops 
will  be  obtained  from  the  quartermaster  when  on  hand,  but  if  any 
article  be  not  in  stock,  a  temporary  supply  may  be  purchased  else- 
where.    (1220) 

PAYMENTS  TO  OFFICERS 

438.  Officers  paid  monthly.  Officers  on  the  active  list,  and  retired 
officers  assigned  to  active  duty  under  laws  entitling  them  to  active 
pay  or  allowances,  will  be  paid  monthly  on  accounts  certified  by  them- 
selves according  to  prescribed  forms.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  2.)    (1256) 

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439.  By  whom  paid.  An  officer  of  the  Army  will  be  paid  within 
the  limits  of  his  department  and,  as  far  as  practicable,  by  the  same 
quartermaster,  unless  he  is  on  leave  of  absence  or  detached  duty 
beyond  the  limits  of  his  department,  or  shall  have  transferred  or  dis- 
posed of  his  accounts  as  provided  in  paragraphs  1258  and  1259,  or  has 
the  authority  of  the  Quartermaster  General  for  payment  elsewhere. 
(1257) 

440.  Transferring  pay  account.  An  officer  may  forward  his  pay 
account  to  a  quartermaster  before  maturity,  the  amount  to  be  remitted 
to  the  officer  when  due,  or  placed  to  his  credit  with  a  bank  if  the 
account  is  so  indorsed,  but  an  officer  will  not  hypothecate  or  trans- 
fer an  account  not  actually  due.  When  due  it  may  be  transferred, 
when  the  following  form  of  indorsement  will  be  strictly  observed: 


Transferred  this day  of ,  191.  . 


and   the   department   quartermaster   at    has   been   so   notified. 

(Signature)    , 


When  an  account  is  so  transferred,  the  officer  will  notify  the 
department  quartermaster  of  the  department  in  which  he  is  stationed, 
or  the  quartermaster  who  has  been  authorized  by  the  Quartermaster 
General  to  pay  his  accounts,  and  will  instruct  the  person  or  persons 
to  whom  the  account  may  be  transferred  to  forward  it  to  such  quarter- 
master for  payment.  A  transferred  account  will  not  be  paid  outside 
of  the  department  in  which  the  officer  is  regularly  paid  except  when 
it  is  transferred  for  the  benefit  of  his  family  residing  in  another  depart- 
ment, in  which  case  the  officer  will  send  the  notification  through  the 
.  office  of  the  department  quartermaster  of  the  department  in  which  he 
is  usually  paid,  to  the  department  quartermaster  of  the  department  in 
which  the  payee  resides;  the  former  to  forward  with  the  notification 
any  information  he  may  have  affecting  the  validity  of  the  account. 
(C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.)     (1258) 

441.  In  case  of  going  on  foreign  service.  An  officer  about  to  em- 
bark for  service  beyond  the  sea  and  desiring  to  make  provision  for 
himself  or  his  family  in  the  United  States,  may  send  to  the  Depot 
Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C.,  such  full  monthly  accounts  as  he 

may  elect,   indorsing  them  as   follows:     "When   due  pay  to  ," 

or  "-When  due  place  to  the  credit  of with ,"  or  "When  due 

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place  to  my  credit  with  ."  The  Depot  Quartermaster,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  will  immediately  notify  the  department  quartermaster 
of  the  department  where  the  officer  is  to  serve  of  the  months  for 
which  accounts  have  been  so  received,  and  will  then  pay  them  as 
they  become  due  if  the  casualty  list  and  stoppage  circular  show  no 
bar  to  payment.  If  the  officer  be  under  orders  to  proceed  to  Alaska 
or  the  Canal  Zone,  or  for  service  with  an  independent  brigade  or 
division,  the  notification  will  be  sent  directly  to  the  quartermaster 
where  the  officer  is  to  serve.  Should  an  officer  already  in  service  be- 
yond the  sea  desire  to  have  his  accounts  paid  as  described,  he  will  for- 
ward them,  through  the  department  quartermaster  of  the  department 
where  he  is  serving,  to  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C„ 
except  when  stationed  in  Alaska  or  the  Canal  Zone,  or  serving  with  an 
independent  brigade  or  division,  in  which  event  the  accounts  will  be 
forwarded  through  the  local  quartermaster.  Department  and  other 
quartermasters,  through  whom  accounts  are  sent  to  the  Depot 
Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C,  will  make  a  record  of  the  accounts 
so  forwarded.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  9.)      (1259) 

442.  Additional  pay  for  exercising  command  above  that  pertaining 
to  one's  grade.  To  entitle  an  officer  to  additional  pay  under  the  acts 
of  April  26,  1898,  and  May  26,  1900,  for  exercising  a  command  above 
that  pertaining  to  his  grade,  he  must  have  exercised  such  command  of 
troops  operating  against  an  enemy  for  a  period  of  three  months  or 
more  continuously,  in  obedience  to  orders  issued  by  superior  authority 
which  he  was  bound  to  obey,  and  no  pay  or  allowances  as  of  a  higher 
grade  than  that  actually  held  by  an  officer  will  be  paid  him  under  this 
regulation  unless  a  certified  copy,  in  duplicate,  of  such  order,  accom- 
panied by  a  statement  of  service  thereunder,  is  filed  with  the  quarter- 
master.    (1267) 

443.  Mounted  pay.  Officers  below  the  grade  of  major,  required 
to  be  mounted,  whether  permanently  or  temporarily,  will  be  furnished 
with  a  proper  mount  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps.  Such  officers  may, 
however,  provide  themselves  with  suitable  mounts  at  their  own  ex- 
pense and  of  their  exclusive  ownership,  and  any  officer  of  the  grades 
indicated  who  so  provides  himself  shall  receive  an  addition  to  his  pay 
of  $150  per  annum  if  he  provides  one  mount  and  $200  per  annum  if 
he  provides  two  mounts.  An  officer  claiming  additional  pay  for  pro- 
viding his  own  mount  must  personally  certify  on  each  account  that 
he  was  suitably  mounted  at  his  own  expense,  and  is  the  actual  and  ex- 

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elusive  owner  of  the  mount  or  mounts  in  question,  specifying  the  place 
at  which  maintained.  In  case  an  officer  is  only  temporarily  upon  dut}-' 
requiring  him  to  be  mounted,  the  authority  by  which  he  was  placed 
upon  such  duty  must  accompany  his  first  voucher  and  be  cited  upon 
subsequent  vouchers  upon  which  additional  pay  is  claimed  accom- 
panied by  a  certificate  that  he  has  continued  under  the  authority  cited 
upon  the  mounted  duty  in  question. 

The  officer's  certificate  upon  his  pay  accounts  will  be  the 
evidence  upon  which  quartermasters  will  base  their  payments  of 
additional  pay  for  mounts,  until  information  is  received  by  them  from 
proper  authority  that  such  additional  pay  is  to  be  stopped.     (1273) 

444.  Mileage,  (a)  When  traveling  under  competent  orders,  with- 
out troops,  in  the  home  waters  of  the  United  States,  or  between  the 
United  States  and  Alaska,  and  when  traveling  without  troops  by  land, 
except  in  Alaska,  the  Philippines  and  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  officers  are 
entitled  to  mileage  at  the  rate  of  7  cents  a  mile;  distances  to  be  com- 
puted over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  routes. 

(b)  When  traveling  wit'i  or  without  troops,  by  sea,  officers  are 
reimbursed  in  the  amount  of  actual  expenses.  When  traveling  en 
commercial  liners  they  are  also  entitled  to  the  following  allowance:.: 
Amount  of  rent  of  steamer  chair  not  exceeding  $1  for  trips  or  two 
days  or  longer  and  fees  to  cabin  and  other  stewards  not  exceeding  the 
following:  Six  dnys  or  less  on  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  $1.50  a  day;  7  to 
10  days,  not  exceeding  $10;  11  to  15  days  or  longer,  $1  a  day;  total 
not  exceeding  $15.  On  the  Pacific  Ocean,  15  days  or  less,  $1  a  day; 
total  fees  for  15  days  or  longer  not  exceeding  $15.  To  the  West 
Indies,  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  Panama,  and  South  America,  $1  a  day;  total 
fees  for  15  days  or  longer  not  exceeding  $15. 

(c)  Officers  who  so  desire  may,  upon  application  to  any  quarter- 
master, be  furnished  with  transportation  for  the  entire  journey,  the 
transportation  so  furnished  being  deducted  from  the  officer's  mileage 
allowance  at  the  rate  of  3  cents  a  mile.     (Based  on  1279;  1280) 

445.  Commutation  of  quarters.  A  commissioned  officer  on  duty 
at  a  place  where  there  are  no  public  quarters  available  is  entitled  to 
commutation  of  quarters.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  28  and  51.)     (1299) 

446.  Allotments.  Every  enlisted  man  absent  on  distant  duty  shall 
be  allowed  to  allot  such  portion  of  his  pay  as  he  may  desire  for  the 
support  of  his  family  or  relatives,  for  his  own  savings,  or  for  any  other 
purpose,  excepting  that  of  obtaining  an  advance  on  his  pay;  but  the 
allotment  privileges  to  soldiers  serving  within  the  boundaries  of  the 

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United  States  will  be  limited  to  the  support  of  their  families  and 
relatives.     (1347) 

On  the  death,  discharge,  or  desertion  of  a  soldier  who  has 
an  allotment  running,  the  allotment  ceases.  In  such  cases  the  imme- 
diate commanding  officer  will  report  as  expeditiously  as  possible  to 
the  Quartermaster  General,  or  in  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Depart- 
ments to  the  department  adjutants  of  those  departments,  the  names  of 
grantors  whose  allotments  thus  cease.  In  the  Philippine  and 
Hawaiian  Departments,  except  in  the  case  of  deaths  which  are  other- 
wise reported,  the  department  commanders  will  send  by  cable  notifica- 
tion to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  who  will  at  once  notify 
the  Quartermaster  General.  In  case  of  forfeiture  by  sentence  of  a 
court-martial  the  stoppage  of  pay  to  meet  the  allotment,  being  a 
reimbursement  to  the  United  States  of  the  amount  paid  the  allottee, 
will  take  precedence  of  the  forfeiture;  when,  however,  the  forfeiture 
is  such  that  possibly  it  can  not  be  stopped  in  full  prior  to  the  discharge 
of  the  soldier  if  the  allotment  is  continued,  the  immediate  commanding 
officer  will  report  at  once  by  mail  to  the  Quartermaster  General  re- 
questing a  discontinuance  of  the  allotment.  Similar  action  will  be 
taken  when,  due  to  reduction,  to  stoppages  for  clothing  overdrawn, 
to  continued  misconduct,  or  to  any  reason,  the  soldier's  available  pay 
will  not  warrant  the  continuance  of  the  allotment.  The  Quarter- 
master General  will  notify  a  soldier's  immediate  commanding  officer 
of  the  fact  of  discontinuance  of  payment  to  the  allottee  and  the  last 
month's  allotment  paid.  The  stoppage  of  pay  to  meet  the  allotment 
will  be  continued  until  this  notice  is  received,  and  the  soldier  will  be 
credited  on  the  next  roll  with  any  amount  withheld  in  excess  of 
amount  paid  the  allottee.     (C.  A.  R.,  No.  10.)     (1350) 

447.  Deposits.  An  enlisted  man,  not  on  the  retired  list,  may  de- 
posit his  savings  with  any  quartermaster  in  sums  of  not  less  than  $5; 
the  same  to  remain  so  deposited  until  final  payment  on  discharge  or 
until  furloughed  to  the  reserve.  The  quartermaster  will  furnish  to 
each  depositor  a  book  in  which  each  deposit,  with  the  name  of  the 
.depositor,  date,  place,  and  amount,  in  words  and  figures,  will  be 
entered  in  the  form  of  a  certificate,  signed  by  the  quartermaster  and 
company  commander.  The  transfer,  pledge,  or  sale  of  a  deposit  book 
is  prohibited. 

Each  company  or  detachment  commander  will  keep  in  the 
soldier's  service  record  an  account  of  every  deposit  made  by  the 
soldier,  and  after  each  regular  payment  he  will  forward  directly  to 

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the  Quartermaster  General  a  list  of  the  names  of  the  depositors, 
showing  in  each  case  the  date,  place,  and  amount  of  deposit  and  the 
name  of  the  quartermaster, who  received  it.  Each  report  will  be  re- 
stricted to  and  will  include  only  deposits  with  one  quartermaster  on  a 
given  date.  These  lists  before  transmittal  will  be  examined  and  com- 
pared with  the  service  record  and  the  deposit  book  of  the  soldier,  and 
attesting  officers  will  see  that  the  names  are  identical  with  the  names 
as  borne  on  the  rolls. 

Should  a  soldier  who  has  made  a  deposit  be  transferred  or 
desert,  the  fact  will  be  promptly  reported  directly  to  the  Quarter- 
master General  by  the  officer  in  command  of  the  company  or  detach- 
ment to  which  he  belongs.  There  is  no  objection  to  deposits  being 
made  by  Indian  and  Philippine  scouts  and  by  enlisted  men  of  the 
Porto  Rico  Regiment  of  Infantry.     (C.  A.  R.,  Nos.  10  and  55.)     (1361) 

448.  Interest  on  deposits.  For  any  sum  of  not  less  than  $5  de- 
posited for  the  period  of  six  months  or  longer  the  soldier,  when  dis- 
charged or  furloughed  to  the  reserve,  will  be  paid  interest  at  the  rate 
of  4  per  cent  annum  to  date  of  discharge.     (1366) 

449.  Sick  call.  At  sick  call  the  enlisted  men  of  each  company  who 
require  medical  attention  will  be  conducted  to  the  hospital  or  infirmary 
by  a  noncommissioned  officer,  who  will  give  to  the  attending  medical 
officer  the  company  sick  report  book  containing  the  names  of  the 
sick.  The  medical  officer,  after  examination,  will  indicate  in  the  book, 
opposite  their  names,  the  men  who  are  to  be  admitted  to  hospital  and 
those  to  be  returned  to  quarters,  noting  what  duties  the  latter  can 
perform  and  any  other  information  in  regard  to  the  sick  which  he  may 
have  to  communicate  to  the  company  commander.     (1471) 

450.  Purchase  from  Ordnance  Dept.  of  arms,  ammunition,  ac- 
couterments  and  horse  equipments.  The  service  arms,  ammunition, 
accouterments,  and  horse  equipments  required  by  an  officer  or  con- 
tract surgeon  for  his  own  use  in  the  public  service  may  be  sold  to  him 
by  the  Ordnance  Department  at  the  regulation  price  and  the  money 
received  passed  to  the  credit  of  the  proper  appropriation.  Ordnance 
supplies  thus  sold  to  officers  or  contract  surgeons  will  not  be  disposed 
of  to  persons  not  in  the  military  service.  Necessary  repairs  to  the  ser- 
vice arms  and  equipments  of  an  officer  or  contract  surgeon  will  be 
made  by  the  Ordnance  Department  at  the  cost  of  these  repairs. 
Officers  or  contract  surgeons  making  purchases  or  having  repairs  done 
will  furnish  certificates  of  the  fact  that  these  sales  or  repairs  are  for 
their  own  use  in  the  public  service.     (1520) 

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451.  Officers  below  major  required  to  be  mounted,  furnished  horse 
equipments  by  Ordnance  Department.  Officers  below  the  grade  of 
major,  required  to  be  mounted,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  1272,  will 
be  furnished  with  horse  equipments  by  the  Ordnance  Department. 
The  authorized  number  of  sets  of  these  equipments  will  be  kept  on 
hand  in  the  unit  accountability  equipment  of  the  organizations  with 
which  officers  herein  authorized  to  receive  them  are  serving.  Officers 
not  serving  with  such  organizations  and  entitled  to  receive  horse 
equipments  will  submit  requisitions  therefor,  through  military 
channels,  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  of  the  department 
commander  or  higher  authority  designating  them  for  mounted  service 
where  such  service  is  temporary.  To  such  officers  serving  at  posts  the 
issue  of  horse  equipments  will  be  made,  on  the  approval  of  the  post 
commander,  by  the  post  ordnance  officer  on  memorandum  receipt;  to 
such  officers  not  serving  at  posts  the  equipments  will  be  regularly 
issued  under  formal  invoices  and  receipts,  and  will  be  accounted  for 
by  them  semiannually  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  on  special  individual 
returns.     (1520) 

452.  Ordnance  that  may  be  drawn  by  officers  serving  with  troops. 
Officers  serving  with  troops  may  draw  for  their  personal  use,  from 
stores  belonging  to  the  command  with  which  they  are  serving,  1 
regulation  rifle  and  1  revolver,  with  the  appropriate  equipments  and 
the  usual  quantity  of  ammunition  for  each  arm.  This  ordnance  prop- 
erty may  be  used  in  action  or  target  practice  and  will  be  accounted  for 
on  returns  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.     (1522) 

453.  Ordnance  property  is  not  to  be  presented  for  condemnation 
unless  no  longer  repairable.  Whenever  ordnance  property  in  the 
hands  of  troops,  except  that  under  the  supervision  of  an  armament 
officer  not  specifically  listed  in  War  Department  publications  or  orders 
as  subject  to  the  action  of  a  surveying  officer,  becomes  unserviceable 
it  will  not  be  presented  for  condemnation  until  no  longer  repairable 
with  the  means  available  within  the  organization,  post,  or  district. 
Timely  requisition  will  be  made  by  the  proper  post  or  other  ordnance 
supply  officers  on  the  Ordnance  Department  for  such  extra  parts  and 
materials  as  are  required  in  making  repairs  of  equipment  with  whose 
maintenance  he  is  charged.    (C.  A.  R.,  No.  30.)     (1534) 


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QUESTIONS 

INTRODUCTORY  REMARKS 

What  book  guides  and  governs  the  daily  acts  of  an  Army  officer 
more  than  all  other  books,  orders  and  instructions  put  together?     (1) 

What  parts,  in  particular,  of  the  Army  Regulations  should  an 
officer  know?     (1) 

What  is  the  best  way  to  learn  the  Army  Regulations?     (2) 

MILITARY  DISCIPLINE 

What  are  all  persons  in  the  military  service  required  to  do  regard- 
ing orders?     (4) 

How  should  military  authority  be  exercised?     (5) 
To  what  should  punishments  conform  and  how  should  they  follow 
offenses?     (5) 

What  should  the  conduct  of  superiors  be  toward  subordinates?  (6) 
What  should  officers  maintain  in  dealing  with  enlisted  men?  (7) 
What  should  officers  bear  in  mind  in  dealing  with  enlisted  men?  (7) 
What  relations  should  officers  strive  to  build  up  and  maintain 
between  themselves  and  enlisted  men?  (7) 
What  is  indispensable  to  discipline?     (8) 

Is  respect  to  superiors  confined  to  obedience  on  duty  only?     (8) 
What   restrictions   are   imposed   on   military   men   in    reference   to 
deliberations,  discussions  and  publications?     (9) 

What  are  the  regulations  regarding  the  use  of  influence?     (10) 

RANK  AND  PRECEDENCE  OF  OFFICERS  AND 
NONCOMMISSIONED  OFFICERS 

What  is  military  rank?     (11) 

How  is  it  divided?     (11) 

How  is  rank  held?     (12) 

What  are  the  grades  of  rank  of  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers  with  whom  Reserve  Infantry  officers  come  most  in  contact? 
(13) 

What  determines  the  order  of  precedence  in  each  grade  and  sub- 
grade?     (13) 

What  is  the  order  of  precedence  among  officers  of  the  same  grade 
of  the  Regular  Army,  of  the  Organized  Militia  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  and  of  Volunteers?     (14) 

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How  is  the  order  of  precedence  in  each  grade  determined  between 
officers  of  the  Regular  Army  and  officers  of  the  Marine  Corps,  when 
detached  for  service  with  the  Army  by  order  of  the  President  and 
while  serving  with  the  Army  under  that  order?     (14) 

COMMAND 

By  virtue  of  what  is  command  exercised?     (15) 

Can  an  officer  put  himself  on  duty  by  virtue  of  his  commission 
alone,  and  if  so,  under  what  circumstances?     (15) 

What    commands    are    appropriate    to    the    various    grades    from  * 
captain  to  major  general?     (16) 

To  what  units  do  the  designations  "company"  and  "battalion"  also 
apply  respectively?     (17) 

Upon  whom  do  the  functions  of  any  officer  devolve  when  an  officer 
is  acting  in  his  place?     (18) 

When  an  officer  is  in  temporary  command  what  restrictions  must 
he  observe  as  to  altering  or  annulling  the  standing  orders  of  the 
permanent  commander?     (19) 

In  what  situation  in  regard  to  his  duties  does  an  officer  stand  who 
succeeds  to  any  command  or  duty?     (20) 

What  must  an  officer  do  on  being  relieved  from  any  command  or 
duty?     (21) 

What  officers  shall  not  assume  command  of  troops  unless  put  on 
duty  under  orders  which  specially  so  direct,  by  authority  of  the 
President?     (22) 

What  restrictions  are  imposed  on  the  exercise  of  command  on  the 
part  of  officers  of  the  Medical  Department?     (23) 

Whom  may  staff  officers  command?  (23) 

When  an  officer  is  charged  with  directing  an  expedition  or  recon- 
naissance, without  having  command  of  the  escort,  what  must  the 
commander  of  the  escort  do?     (24) 

APPOINTMENT  AND  PROMOTION  OF  COMMISSIONED 

OFFICERS 
How  and  by  whom  is  appointment  to  the  grade  of  general  officer 
made?     (25) 

How  will  promotion  be  made  in  the  line  of  the  Army  to  include  the 
grade  of  colonel,  in  each  arm  of  the  service?     (26) 

LEAVES  OF  ABSENCE  TO  OFFICERS 
What  are  the  regulations  regarding  leave  on  full  pay?     (27) 
For  what  length   of  time   may  post  commanders   grant  leaves   of 
absence?     (28) 

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For  what  length  of  time  may  a  post  commander  grant  himself 
leave?    (29) 

Under  what  circumstances  will  leaves  not  be  granted?  (30) 

How  long  must  an  officer  serve  in  his  regiment  or  corps  before 
being  granted  a  leave  exceeding  ten  days?     (31) 

What  must  an  application  for  leave  state  and  through  whom  must 
it  be  forwarded?     (32) 

What  must  intermediate  commanders  do  regarding  applications  for 
leave  referred  to  them?     (32) 

If  officers  on  leave  desire  to  leave  the  United  States  or  go  beyond 
the  sea,  what  must  they  do?     (33) 

What  reports  will  be  submitted  by  an  officer  who  has  been  granted 
a  leave  for  more  than  10  days?     (34) 

Verbal  permits  of  what  duration  are  not  counted  as  leaves  of 
absence?     (34) 

How  are  absences  of  more  than  24  hours  noted?    (34) 

Under  what  circumstances  is  permission  to  hunt  not  considered  as 
a  leave  of  absence?     (35) 

Who  may  grant  permission  to  hunt  and  for  what  periods?     (35) 

How  must  all  applications  for  extensions  of  leaves,  or  for  delays, 
and  all  correspondence  regarding  them  be  sent?     (36) 

OFFICERS  TRAVELING  ON  DUTY 

When  is  an  officer  entitled  to  mileage?     (37) 

What  is  the  mileage  rate  of  officers  traveling  under  orders?     (37) 

How  and  when  may  transportation  requests  be  used  by  officers? 
(37) 

What  expenses  will  be  paid  to  officers  for  sea  travel  on  duty,  with 
or  without  troops?     (38) 

When  an  officer  is  ordered  without  troops  from  one  post  of  duty 
to  another,  how  will  he  proceed?     (39) 

What  will  an  officer  do  upon  his  arrival  at  his  new  post?     (40) 

If  he  shall  appear  to  have  made  unnecessary  delay  en  route,  what 
will  he  be  required  to  do?     (40) 

What  authority  is  necessary  to  authorize  delays  in  obeying  orders, 
in  reporting  for  duty,  or  in  returning  to  duty  from  leave?     (41) 

How  will  such  delays  in  obeying  orders  be  regarded?     (41) 

GENERAL  NONCOMMISSIONED   STAFF 
Of  whom  does  the  General  Noncommissioned  Staff  consist?     (42) 


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DETACHED  SOLDIERS;  SERVICE  RECORDS 

What  is  a  "Service  Record"?     (43) 

In  addition  to  the  soldier's  physical  description,  what  headings  and 
principal  sub-headings  has  a  service  record  which  give  an  idea  of  its 
scope  and  nature?     (43) 

What  importance  is  attached  to  a  "service  record,"  if  any,  and  how 
should  it  be  prepared  and  kept?     (43) 

When  an  enlisted  man  is  detached  from  his  company,  what  is  done 
with  his  service  record,  and  what  does  it  show?     (44) 

How  should  a  service  record  be  forwarded?     (44-a) 

What  should  be  noted  on  the  service  record  under  "Remarks,"  when 
an  enlisted  man  is  detached  from  his  company?     (44-b) 

If  a  soldier  be  transferred  from  his  company  to  some  other  organi- 
zation, how  is  the  transfer  of  his  personal  equipment  and  other 
ordnance  property  noted?     (44-c) 

FURLOUGHS  TO  SOLDIERS 

What  are  the  restrictions,  if  any,  regarding  the  amount  of  furlough 
that  a  soldier  may  get  a  year  during  his  enlistment?     (45) 

What  is  the  general  practice  concerning  the  granting  of  furlough 
to  soldiers?     (45) 

TRANSFER  OF  ENLISTED   MEN 

Under  what  conditions  are  transfers  of  enlisted  men  made  from  one 
organization  to  another?     (46) 

When  an  enlisted  man  is  transferred  for  his  own  convenience,  who 
bears  the  expense  of  such  transfer?     (46) 

Where  are  the  rules  and  conditions  under  which  transfers  are 
effected  to  be  found?    (46) 

DESERTERS 

When  a  soldier  deserts  what  action  will  be  taken  by  his  immediate 
commanding  officer,  regarding  any  public  property  lost  in  con- 
sequence, and  what  will  accompany  the  return  to  which  the  property 
pertains?    (47) 

What  is  done  by  a  company  commander  with  reference  to  the 
clothing  abandoned  by  a  deserter?     (48) 

What  is  done  with  the  personal  effects  of  a  deserter?     (48) 

When  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  a  deserter's  effects  are  deposited 
with  a  quartermaster,  what  must  the  quartermaster's  receipt  show? 
(48) 

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To  whom  do  money  and  other  valuables  found  upon  apprehended 
deserters  belong?     (48) 

Whenever  a  desertion  occurs,  or  a  general  prisoner  escapes,  from 
a  post  or  station,  or  command  in  the  field,  what  will  the  commanding 
officer  do?    (49) 

In  case  of  every  desertion  and  of  every  escape  of  a  general  prisoner, 
who  does  the  commanding  officer  of  a  post  or  station,  or  of  troops  in 
the  field  notify,  and  what  information  does  he  furnish?     (50) 

When  a  soldier  deserts  from,  or  when  a  deserter  is  received  at,  a 
post  other  than  the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  what 
report  will  the  post  commander  make?     (51) 

If  a  deserter  whose  company  is  stationed  in  Alaska  or  beyond  the 
continental  limits  of  the  United  States  is  received  at  a  station  within 
the  United  States,  what  report  will  be  made  by  the  post  commander? 

(so   .  m 

What  are  the  regulations  regarding  rewards  for  the  apprehension 
and  delivery  to  the  proper  military  authorities  of  deserters  from  the 
military  service,  deserters  from  the  Philippine  Scouts  and  escaped 
military  prisoners?    (52) 

Who  pays  the  reward  for  a  deserter  and  what  items  does  it  cover? 
(52) 

What  report  does  the  quartermaster  make  who  pays  the  reward 
for  a  deserter?    (52) 

What  authority  is  necessary  in  order  to  enable  a  recruiting  officer 
to  pay  reward  for  the  delivery  of  a  deserter  at  a  recruiting  station? 
(53) 

In  the  event  of  the  surrender  or  of  the  delivery  of  a  deserter  to  a 
recruiting  officer,  what  action  is  taken  by  the  latter?     (53) 

When  a  report  is  received  of  the  apprehension  or  surrender  of  a 
deserter  at  a  post  other  than  the  station  of  his  company,  what  action 
is  taken  by  his  company  commander?     (54) 

In  cases  of  desertion  reported  to  the  War  Department  under  par. 
120,  A.  R.  (par.  51  this  book),  what  action  is  taken  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment and  who  prefers  the  charges?     (54) 

How  will  deserters  be  brought  to  trial  as  regards  promptitude?    (55) 

While  awaiting  trial,  what  are  deserters  forbidden  to  do?     (55) 

If  it  be  imperative  to  issue  clothing  to  a  deserter  other  than  that  in 
which  he  was  arrested,  what  kind  of  clothing  will  be  issued?     (55) 

What  forfeitures  will  a  soldier  make  who  absents  himself  from  his 
post  or  company  without  authority?     (56) 

What  will  such  soldier  be  required  to  do  and  how  shall  absences  be 
regarded?     (56) 

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Under  what  circumstances  will  a  company  commander  report  an 
absentee  as  a  deserter?     (56) 

What  will  commanding  officers  do  when  absentees  are  reported  to 
them?     (56) 

What  absentees  are  not  noted  on  the  muster  roll?    (56) 

RETIREMENT  OF  ENLISTED  MEN 
When  may  an  enlisted  man  apply  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 

Army  for  retirement?     (57) 

How  is  such  application  forwarded?     (57) 

Upon  approval  of  such  application  what  order  will  be  issued?    (57) 

Upon  receipt  of  the  order  for  retirement,  what  action  will  be  taken 

by  the  soldier's  immediate  commanding  officer?     (58) 

What  will  the  descriptive  list  and  pay  account  bear?     (58) 

In  case  the  soldier  cannot  write,  what  is  done?     (58) 

What  must  the  final  statement  and  the  descriptive  list  and  the  pay 

account  state?     (58) 

When  a  soldier  is  retired  how  will  he  be  dropped  from  the  rolls 

of  his   command,   and   who   will   be   notified   and   furnished   with   the 

soldier's  signature?     (58) 

What  pay  and  allowances  do  retired  enlisted  men  receive?     (59) 

DISCHARGE  AND  FINAL  STATEMENTS 

What  are  the  only  ways  in  which  a  soldier  can  be  discharged 
before  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service?     (60) 

When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  what  will  his  company  com- 
mander furnish  him  with?     (61) 

What  will  a  company  commander  do  when  a  discharged  soldier  has 
forfeited  all  pay  and  allowances  and  has  no  deposits?     (61) 

If  such  soldier  has  deposits,  what  is  the  procedure?     (61) 

When  a  soldier  is  discharged  on  certificate  of  disability  what  must 
be  given  in  the  final  statement  as  the  reason  for  discharge?     (61) 

When  a  soldier  is  held  in  service  to  make  good  time  absent  without 
leave,  what  will  his  final  statement  contain?     (62) 

What  will  the  quartermaster  do  regarding  the  payment  of  such 
soldiers?     (62) 

Who  will  be  charged  with  overpayments  resulting  from  the  failure 
of  an  officer  to  make  proper  entry  of  unauthorized  absence  of  an 
enlisted  man?     (62) 

Where  will  the  actual  cause  of  discharge  be  stated  whenever  an 
enlisted  man  is  discharged  from  the  Army  prior  to  the  expiration  of 
his  term  of  service?     (63) 

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Where  will  it  be  fully  stated?     (63) 

What  statement  will  be  made  and  where,  when  a  discharge  is 
ordered  on  account  of  the  soldier's  misconduct,  or  unfitness  for  the 
service,  physical  or  in  character,  due  to  the  soldier's  misconduct?     (63) 

What  must  officers  signing  final  statements  be  careful  to  see  and 
why?     (63) 

When  does  the  discharge  of  an  enlisted  man  take  effect  if  dis- 
charged by  expiration  of  term  of  service?     (64) 

When  will  reenlistment  be  completed  on  and  bear  the  date  of  the 
day  following  that  of  discharge?     (64) 

How  does  the  above  govern  his  pay?     (64) 

When  and  by  what  authority  are  rules  governing  discharge  by 
purchase  and  by  reason  of  dependent  relatives  published?     (6V5) 

What  need  not  accompany  applications  for  discharge  of  enlisted 
men  sentenced  to  imprisonment  by  civil  courts?     (66) 

What  is  sufficient  in  such  cases?     (66) 

What  is  given  to  a  soldier  on  his  discharge  from  the  service,  and 
by  whom  is  it  signed?     (67) 

When  may  the  commanding  officer  designate  a  particular  field 
officer  to  sign  a  discharge,  and  what  may  be  required  before  delivery 
of  it  to  the  soldier?     (67) 

What  notation  will  be  made  on  the  certificate  of  discharge  when  a 
soldier  has  been  retained  in  the  service  beyond  the  term  of  his  enlist- 
ment?    (68) 

Who  will  certify  as  to  "Character"  given  on  a  discharge,  except 
when  given  under  par.  148*/2  A.  R.  (see  par.  71  this  book)  and  how 
should  it  be  given?    (69) 

When  a  company  commander  is  of  the  opinion  that  a  soldier's 
reenlistment  should  not  be  recommended,  what  action  will  be  taken 
by  the  former  and  by  the  commanding  officer?     (70) 

What  privilege  is  accorded  the  soldier  in  such  cases?     (70) 

If  the  company  commander  is  also  the  commanding  officer,  what 
action  will  be  taken?     (70) 

When  will  proceedings  of  boards  convened  under  this  paragraph 
be  final?     (70) 

What  will  the  proceedings  of  such  boards  show  and  how  will  the 
proceedings  finally  be  disposed  of?  (70) 

Under  what  circumstances  may  an  enlisted  man  be  discharged  prior 
to  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment?     (71) 

In  such  cases  when  the  company  commander  is  also  the  command- 
ing officer,  what  action  will  be  taken?     (71) 

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When  the  findings  of  the  board  indicate  disqualification  through 
physical  disability,  what  will  accompany  the  proceedings?     (71) 

If  discharge  be  recommended  by  the  board,  what  additional 
recommendation  will  it  make?     (71) 

What  disposition  is  made  of  the  proceedings  when  the  findings  are 
disapproved  and  when  they  are  approved?     (71) 

What  kind  of  discharge  will  be  given  to  soldiers  discharged  under 
the  provisions  of  this  paragraph?  (148^  A.  R.)  (See  par.  72,  this 
book.)     (71) 

Who  will  furnish  blank  forms  for  discharge  and  final  statements 
and  in  whose  custody  are  they  retained?     (72) 

For  the  discharge  of  whom  will  the  discharge  certificates  be 
used?     (72) 

What  are  the  different  classes  of  discharge  certificates  and  when 
will  each  be  used?     (72) 

How  many  copies  of  discharge  certificates  will  be  made?     (73) 

When  may  a  certificate  of  service  be  issued  and  what  does  it  show? 
(73) 

Through  what  channels  are  applications  for  a  certificate  of  service 
forwarded?     (73) 

When  only  should  discharge  certificates  be  forwarded  to  the  War 
Department  in  correspondence?     (73) 

When  does  the  discharge  of  a  soldier  take  effect?    (74) 

What  should  be  done  when,  through  the  fault  of  the  soldier,  the 
discharge  certificate  cannot  be  delivered  to  him?     (74) 

In  respect  to  what  must  the  final  statement  and  the  discharge 
certificate  agree?     (74) 

What  is  done  should  a  soldier  be  absent  in  desertion  when  the 
order  for  his  discharge  is  received?     (74) 

In  what  case  and  for  how  long  will  the  dishonorable  discharge  of 
a  soldier  be  deferred?     (74) 

When  and  to  whom  will  a  notification  of  discharge  be  furnished? 
(75) 

What  should  it  contain?     (75) 

Who  supplies  the  blank  form  for  this  notification?     (75) 

Of  what  is  the  discharged  soldier  informed?     (75) 

Who  will  be  charged  for  overpayments  caused  by  erroneous  final 
statements?     (75) 

In  what  cases  will  the  officer,  who  prepares  and  signs  the  final 
statement,  furnish  the  notification  of  discharge  after  the  order  for 
discharge  is  received?     (75) 

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What  is  done  when  a  soldier's  term  of  enlistment  expires,  while 
he  is  serving  a  sentence  of  confinement  without  dishonorable 
discharge?     (76) 

Should  an  honorable  discharge  be  given  the  soldier,  when  only 
can  he  be  reenlisted  before  the  expiration  of  his  sentence  of  confine- 
ment?    (76) 

When  should  a  soldier  be  discharged  whose  term  of  enlistment 
expires  while  he  is  awaiting  trial  or  sentence?    (76) 

When  will  the  discharge  certificate  be  delivered  to  the  man?     (76) 

What  personal  notice  of  discharge  is  given  and  what  entries  of  the 
fact  of  this  notice  are  made?     (76) 

CERTIFICATES  OF  DISABILITY 
What  should  be  done  when  an  enlisted  man  is  permanently  unfitted 
for  military  service  because  of  wounds  or  disease?     (77) 

DECEASED  SOLDIERS 
In  case  of  the  death  of  any  person  subject  to  military  law,  what 

will  be  done  by  his  immediate  commander?     (78) 

What  reports  are  required  by  the  War  Department  in  the  case  of 

the  death  of  a  soldier  in  the  active  service?     (79) 

What  will  the  report  of  the  surgeon  or  soldier's  immediate  com- 
manding officer  be  accompanied  with?     (79) 

When  will  it  also  be  accompanied  with  the  inventories  of  effects? 

(79) 

What  will  otherwise  be  done  with  the  inventories?     (79) 

Where  will  the  report  of  the  inquest  be  filed?     (79) 

What  does  the  112th  Article  of  War  require  of  officers   charged 

with  the  care  and  custody  of  the  effects  of  deceased  persons  subject 

to  military  law?     (80) 

Should  the  effects  of  a  deceased  person  not  be  claimed  within  a 

reasonable  period  of  time,  how  are  they  disposed  of?     (80) 

What  will  be  taken  so  as  to  clearly  show  the  nature  of  the  deposit, 

and  what  disposition  is  made  of  these?     (80) 

What  will  be  delivered  to  the  legal  representative  or  widow?     (80) 
When  the  effects  ar  converted  into  cash,  what  articles  will  not  be 

sold?     (80) 

What  disposition  is  made  of  these  articles?     (80) 

To  whom  will  clothing  effects  not  be  sent?     (80) 

Can  officers  pay  the  debts  of  deceased  soldiers?     (80) 

To  whom,  also,  as  far  as  practicable,  will  the  foregoing  provisions 

apply?     (80) 

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What  will  accompany  the  quartermaster's  receipt  in  all  cases  of 
sale  of  effects  of  deceased  persons  as  contemplated  by  the  112th 
Article  of  War?     (80-a) 

What  is  done  with  the  quartermaster's  receipt  for  proceeds  from 
the  sale  of  effects  of  deceased  persons?    (80-a) 

To  whom  should  applications  for  arrears  of  pay  and  proceeds  of 
sale  of  effects  of  deceased  soldiers  be  addressed?  (80-b) 

By  whom  are  the  accounts  of  deceased  soldiers  settled?     (80-c) 

Give  the  order  of  precedence  of  distribution  where  the  amount  due 
the  decedent's  estate  is  less  than  $500  and  no  demand  is  presented  by 
a  duly  appointed  legal  representative  of  the  estate.     (80-c) 

What  shall  this  act  not  be  construed  to  prevent  payment  of?    (80-c) 

How  is  the  estate  administered  when  the  amount  due  to  the 
decedent's  estate  exceeds  the  sum  of  $500?     (80-c) 

What  are  officers  advised  in  the  cases  of  single  men?     (80-c)     ■ 

Where  may  the  remains  of  a  deceased  enlisted  man  on  the  active 
list  be  shipped?     (81) 

When  the  death  occurs  in  the  United  States  or  Alaska,  and  early 
shipment  is  practicable,  what  is  done?     (81) 

Should  the  nearest  relative  not  desire  the  remains  shipped,  or 
should  no  reply  be  received  from  the  relative  within  a  reasonable 
time,  what  will  be  done?     (81) 

If  relatives  do  not  desire  that  remains  be  shipped  home  and  they 
are  interred  at  Government  expense,  at  whose  expense  will  subsequent 
disinterment  or  shipment  be  made?     (81) 

What  may  be  done  should  it  be  impracticable  to  ship  remains  at 
time  of  death,  or  impossible  to  communicate  with  relatives  before 
interment?     (81) 

When  may  an  attendant  accompany  the  remains?     (81) 

What  report  is  made  concerning  the  disposition  of  the  remains? 
(81) 

WORKING  PARTIES:    EXTRA  AND  SPECIAL  DUTY  MEN 

When  may  troops  be  employed  in  labors  interfering  with  military 
duties?    (82) 

When  will  enlisted  men  be  reported  on  extra  duty?     (82-a) 

When  and  by  what  authority  may  they  be  placed  on  extra  duty? 
(82-a) 

When  and  by  what  authority  may  a  noncommissioned  officer  be 
detailed  on  extra  duty?     (83) 

To  what  duties  will  a  noncommissioned  officer  not  be  detailed? 
(83) 

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What  men  in  companies  will  not  be  detailed  on  extra  duty?     (84) 
What  inspections,  drills  and  other  forma'tions  will  men  on  extra  or 
special  duty  attend?     (85) 

REGIMENTS  AND  BATTALIONS 

What  is  the  administrative  unit  in  the  Cavalry,  Field  Artillery  and 
Infantry?     (86) 

What  is  the  composition  of  a  regiment?     (87) 

What  is  the  battalion,  in  a  regiment,  and  for  what  purpose  is  it 
organized?     (88) 

What  records  does  it  keep?     (88) 

By  whom  is  it  commanded?     (88) 

By  whom  is  it  commanded  should  its  regular  commander  be 
absent?     (88) 

When  may  provisional  battalions  and  provisional  regiments  be 
designated?     (88) 

Do  the  regulations  relating  to  regiments  apply  to  battalions  not 
organized  into  regiments?     (89) 

What  are  battalions  not  organized  into  regiments  called?     (89) 

What  are  the  only  battalions  in  the  Army  today  not  organized  into 
regiments?     (89) 

For  what  is  a  battalion  commander  responsible?     (90) 

What  correspondence  passes  through  the  battalion  commander  and 
what  record  of  it  is  kept  by  him?     (91) 

For  what  is  a  regimental  commander  responsible?     (92) 

What  are  his  duties  in  respect  to  encouraging  harmonious  rela- 
tions between  his  officers  and  the  prevention  of  dissensions?     (93) 

Who  constitute  the  regimental  staff  and  by  whom  are  they 
appointed?     (94) 

What  report  will  be  made  of  such  appointments?     (94) 

What  is  the  battalion  staff  and  by  whom  appointed?     (95) 

When  is  the  battalion  adjutant  appointed  by  the  battalion  com- 
mander and  whom  does  the  battalion  commander  notify  of  the  appoint- 
ment?    (95) 

How  is  the  tour  of  regimental  and  battalion  staff  officers  limited? 
(96) 

When  do  they  become  eligible  for  a  second  tour?     (96) 

What  is  the  National  Anthem  of  the  United  States  of  America? 

TROOPS,  BATTERIES  AND  COMPANIES 

How  is  the  detail  of  captains  on  detached  service  away  from  their 
arm  of  the  service  limited?     (98) 

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For  what  is  the  commanding  officer  of  a  company  responsible?   (99) 

In  the  absence  of  its  captain,  upon  whom  does  the  command  of  a 
company  devolve?     (100) 

What  should  the  post  commander  do  in  case  of  the  absence  of  all 
company  officers?     (101) 

What  company  duties  should  captains  require  of  their  lieuten- 
ants?    (102) 

What  are  the  duties  of  company  commanders  in  respect  to  their 
noncommissioned  officers?     (103) 

Should  noncommissioned  officers  be  permitted  to  engage  in  any 
occupation  or  be  detailed  for  all  duties?     (103) 

How  are  company  noncommissioned  officers  appointed?     (104) 

How  many  may  a  company  have?     (104) 

When  a  battalion  is  detached  from  regimental  headquarters,  how 
are  the  company  noncommissioned  officers  appointed?     (104) 

When  should  a  noncommissioned  officer's  increased  rank  and  pay 
cease,  if  his  appointment  be  disapproved  by  the  regimental  com- 
mander?    (104) 

How  are  noncommissioned  officers  of  Coast  Artillery  Corps  com- 
panies appointed?     (104) 

In  what  case  may  company  noncommissioned  officers  and  wagoners 
for  company  transportation  be  appointed  by  the  battalion  commander? 
(104) 

In  what  case  may  they  be  appointed  by  the  senior  officer  of  the 
regiment  on  duty  in  the  department  in  which  the  company  is  serving? 
(104) 

By  whom  are  Coast  Artillery  noncommissioned  officers  of  a  mine 
planter  or  cable  ship  appointed  and  reduced?    (104) 

For  what  purpose  are  lance  corporals  appointed  and  how  many 
may  a  company  have?     (105) 

What  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  company  may  the  captain 
select  and  from  what  grade?     (106) 

To  what  grade  may  he  return  them  without  reference  to  higher 
authority?     (106) 

What  is  a  warrant?     (107) 

By  whom  are  they  signed  and  to  whom  furnished?     (107) 

Are  separate  warrants  furnished  to  the  noncommissioned  officers 
a  company  commander  may  select?     (107) 

To  whom  does  an  issued  warrant  belong?     (107) 

In  what  cases  is  it  unnecessary  to  renew  warrants?     (107) 

In  these  cases  what  should  the  company  commander  note  on  the 
warrant?     (107) 

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Who  signs  warrants  for  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Coast 
Artillery  Corps  companies?     (107) 

When  do  appointments  of  company  noncommissioned  officers  and 
cooks  of  the  Medical  Department  take  effect?     (108) 

What  appointments  take  effect  on  the  day  of  appointment  by  the 
company  commander?     (108) 

When  do  all  company  appointments  take  effect?     (108) 

When  may  the  company  commander  make  a  temporary  appoint- 
ment of  a  noncommissioned  officer?     (108) 

In  this  case  what  information  is  furnished  the  regimental  com- 
mander, and  what  action  is  taken  if  he  disapproves  it?     (108) 

How  may  a  noncommissioned  officer  be  reduced  to  the  ranks? 
(109) 

What  is  done  if.  he  be  reduced  by  sentence  of  a  court  while  serving 
at  a  post  not  the  headquarters  of  his  regiment?     (109) 

Are  noncommissioned  officers  transferred  to  another  organization 
without  change  of  grade?     (109) 

In  what  case  may  a  battalion  commander  reduce  a  noncom- 
missioned officer  to  the  ranks?     (109) 

In  what  case  may  the  senior  officer  of  a  regiment  on  duty  in  the 
department  in  which  the  company  is  serving,  reduce  a  noncommis- 
sioned officer  to  the  ranks?     (109) 

When  does  reduction  by  sentence  of  court-martial  take  effect? 
(110) 

When,  in  all  other  cases?     (110) 

What  members  of  an  organization  are  subject  to  reduction  by  their 
organization  commanders?     (Ill) 

For  what  offenses  may  they  be  reduced?     (Ill) 

From  what  date  are  appointments  vacated  in  the  case  of  deserters? 
(Ill) 

For  what  purpose  may  a  soldier  be  relieved  from  ordinary  military 
duty?  (112) 

What  rates  may  be  charged  for  work  done  by  company  tailors  and 
how  are  these  rates  fixed?    (112) 

What  may  company  commanders  do  to  insure  payment  for  work 
done  by  tailors?     (112) 

What  books  of  record,  reports  and  papers  are  required  by  Army 
Regulations  to  be  kept  in  each  company?     (113) 

What  should  be  shown  in  the  morning  report?     (113a) 

What  should  be  shown  on  the  daily  sick  report?     (113b) 

What  records  are  kept  on  the  duty  roster?     (113c) 

What  files  of  orders  should  be  kept?     (113c) 

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What  is  entered  in  the  company  fund  book?     (113d) 
What  is  entered  in  the  correspondence  book,  with  index?     (113e) 
What  is  the  document  file?     (113f) 
What  is  noted  in  the  delinquency  record?     (113g) 
What  is  listed  in  the  record  of  property  responsibility?     (113h) 
What    records    are    kept    in    the    service    record    of    each    soldier? 
(H3i) 

What  organizations  will  keep  a  descriptive  card  of  animals?    (113j) 
What  retained  copies   of  rolls,   reports  and   returns  will  be  kept? 
(113k) 

Retained  copies  of  what  returns  of  property  will  also  be  kept  in 
each  company  or  detachment?     (114) 

What    information    respecting    all    quartermaster    and    all    other 
supplies  held  on  memorandum  receipt  must  be  kept?     (114) 
An  account  of  what  articles  will  also  be  kept?     (114) 
When  will  the  company  or  detachment  commander  have  a  settle- 
ment with  the  staff  officer  concerned?     (114) 

What  books,  reports,  and  papers  will  be  permanently  preserved? 
(114) 

How  and  when  will  division  and  department  orders,  except  ex- 
tracts of  special  orders  be  disposed  of?     (114) 

How  long  will  other  books,  reports,  and  papers  be  kept?     (114) 
How  is  this  period  reckoned,  and  under  whose  direction  will  they 
be  destroyed?     (114) 

In  whom  is  vested  the  disposition  of  retained  papers  relating  to 
an  officer's  accountability  for  public  property?     (114) 

In  what  organizations  and  how  will  a  duty  roster  be  kept?     (114a) 
How  long  will  used  blank  forms  be  kept,  and  what  disposition  will 
then  be  made  of  them?     (114a) 

INTERIOR  ECONOMY  OF  COMPANIES 

What  commanders  will  make  a  complete  inspection  of  their  organi- 
zation on  Saturdays?     (115) 

Who  may  be  excused  from  Saturday  inspection?     (115) 

For  what  will  company  and  detachment  commanders  be  held  re- 
sponsible?    (115) 

How  are  the  enlisted  men  numbered  and  divided?     (116) 

What  men  are  quartered  together?     (116)- 

What  disposition  is  made  of  arms  and  accouterments  in  barracks? 
(117) 

What  special  attention  will  be  paid  by  company  commanders  to 
the  cleanliness  of  the  men  and  to  the  cleaning  of  barracks  or  tents? 
(118) 

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What  are  the  duties  of  the  chiefs  of  squads  with  respect  to  pre- 
paring for  the  Saturday  inspection?  (119) 

For  what  are  the  chiefs  of  squads  held  responsible?     (120) 

What  should  they  see  to,  when  members  of  their  squad  go  on  duty 
or  leave  the  post  on  pass?     (120) 

What  will  soldiers  wear  in  camp  and  garrison?     (121) 

When  on  fatigue?     (121) 

What  are  the  duties  of  the  company  commander  in  respect  to 
public  property  in  the  possession  of  enlisted  men?     (122) 

Who  is  responsible  for  textbooks  and  other  official  publications 
issued  for  the  use  of  companies?     (123) 

When  only  may  enlisted  men  take  their  arms  apart?     (124) 

With  respect  to  the  metal  parts  of  small  arms  what  alterations  are 
prohibited?     (125) 

With  respect  to  the  wood  parts  of  small  arms  what  treatment  is 
permissible  and  the  application  of  what  articles  is  strictly  prohibited? 
(125) 

When  should  rifles  be  unloaded?     (126) 

What  is  a  tompion?     (127) 

Is  their  use  in  small  arms  permissible?     (127) 

What  preparations  for  polishing  or  dressing  leather  equipments 
may  be  used?     (128) 

How  will  articles  of  public  property  issued  for  the  exclusive  use  of 
a  company  be  marked?     (129) 

How  will  such  articles  (arms  and  clothing  excepted)  issued  to  an 
enlisted  man  be  marked?     (129) 

How  will  haversacks,  canteens  and  similar  articles  of  equipment 
pertaining  to  the  Cavalry,  to  the  Infantry,  to  the  Field  Artillery  and 
to  the  Coast  Artillery  be  marked?     (129) 

How  will  the  articles  of  the  Medical  Department  and  Signal  Corps 
of  the  Army  be  marked?     (129) 

In  what  cases  will  articles  pertaining  to  the  Signal  Corps  or 
Hospital  Corps  be  marked  with  the  number  of  the  soldier?     (129) 

In  camp  or  barracks  when  a  company  is  not  joined  in  a  general 
mess,  what  are  the  duties  of  the  company  commander  with  respect 
to  the  conduct  of  the  company  mess?     (130) 

Should  the  company  be  joined  in  a  general  mess  to  what  will  the 
company  commander  confine  his  supervision?     (131) 

By  whom  is  field  practice  in  cooking  prescribed  for  companies? 
(131) 

The  use  of  what  cooking  equipment  is  forbidden  in  garrison?    (132) 

Under  whose  immediate  charge  will  kitchens  be  placed?     (133) 

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For  what  are  those  in  charge  held  responsible  and  what  are  their 
duties  with  respect  to  employees?     (133) 

What  are  the  duties  of  company  officers  with  respect  to  the  ration 
allowance  and  the  prevention  of  waste  or  misuse  of  the  ration?     (134) 

What  manual  of  instruction  in  cooking  will  be  observed?     (135) 

What  arrangements  are  made  for  the  messing  of  prisoners?     (136) 

Who  supplies  the  necessary  kitchen  and  table  ware  and  mess 
furniture  and  where  are  the  allowances  published?     (137) 

What  should  be  done  when  articles  are  lost,  broken,  or  damaged? 
(137) 

How  are  brooms,  scrubbing  brushes,  etc.,  obtained  for  a  general 
mess?     (137) 

What  does  the  mess  furniture  of  a  soldier  in  the  field  consist  of? 
(138) 

COUNCILS  OF  ADMINISTRATION 

What  councils  of  administration  are  assembled  and  for  what  pur- 
pose?    (139) 

What  are  the  custodians  of  post  exchange,  aero  squadron  and  com- 
pany funds?     (139) 

When  will  the  general  mess  council  be  convened  and  when  may 
it  meet?     (140) 

Who  constitutes  the  membership  of  the  general  mess  council?  (140) 

When  will  the  post  exchange  council  meet?     (141) 

Who  are  members  of  the  post  exchange  council?     (141) 

What  duties  may  it  delegate  to  an  executive  committee  of  its  own 
members?     (141) 

Who  are  members  of  the  company  council?     (142) 

When  does  it  meet?    (142) 

Who  are  members  of  the  aero  squadron  council  and  when  does  it 
meet?     (143) 

Who  are  members  of  the  council  to  audit  the  hospital  fund?     (144) 

What  is  necessary  to  convene  the  aero  squadron  and  company 
or  post  exchange  council?     (145) 

How  are  the  proceedings  of  each  council  recorded  and  what  certi- 
ficate must  be  included?    (146) 

Who  decides  disagreements  in  company  councils?     (146) 

To  whom  are  the  proceedings  of  exchange  and  mess  councils  sub- 
mitted?    (146) 

What  is  done  if  the  commander  disapproves  the  proceedings  and 
the  council  after  reconsideration  adheres  to  its  conclusions?     (146) 

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How  are  the  prices  for  laundry  and  tailor  work  regulated?     (147) 
Who  are  held  responsible  for  unauthorized  expenditures  from  the 
various  funds?     (148) 

What  is  done  in  the  case  of  the  loss  of  regimental,  exchange,  com- 
pany or  mess  funds?    (149) 

REGIMENTAL,  COMPANY  AND  MESS  FUNDS 

The  purchase  of  what  articles  is  forbidden  from  the  regimental, 
company  or  mess  funds?     (150) 

When  only  and  by  what  authority  may  such  articles  be  puchased? 
(150) 

For  what  projects  must  specific  authority  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment be  obtained?,    (151) 

Will  any  of  the  various  funds  be  taken  away  from  the  station  of 
the  organization?     (152) 

What  should  the  custodian  of  any  of  these  funds  do  if  absent 
from  the  post  beyond  three  and  less  than  ten  days?     (152) 

If  absent  for  more  than  ten  days?     (152) 

What  certificate  will  be  made  by  an  accountable  officer  in  transfer- 
ring funds  to  his  successor?     (152) 

Where  should  this  certificate  be  entered?     (152) 

Under  what  official  designation  will  the  various  funds  be  deposited 
in  a  bank?     (152) 

What  does  the  regimental  fund  consist  of?     (153) 

Who  is  treasurer  of  the  fund  and  for  what  purpose  will  he  dis- 
burse it?    (153) 

What  entries  are  made  in  the  regimental  fund  book?     (153) 

What  does  the  company  fund  consist  of?     (154) 

By  whom  is  it  disbursed  and  for  what  purpose?     (154) 

What  funds  are,  regarded  as  company  funds?     (154) 

Moneys  accruing  from  what  sources  belong  to  the  hospital  fund? 
(154) 

What  revenue  producing  features  may  be  established  by  companies 
and  what  approval  is  required?     (154) 

What  are  the  duties  of  the  post  exchange  council  with  respect  to 
the  fixing  of  rates  for  these  features?     (154) 

How  will  all  funds  accruing  therefrom  be  accounted  for?     (154) 

What  fund  account  and  property  list  does  a  company  commander 
keep?     (155) 

What  inspections  are  made  of  the  company  fund  account?     (155) 

What  extra  compensation  may  be  paid  from  company  or  other 
funds  to  privates  detailed  on  special  duty  as  cooks?     (156) 

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May  extra  compensations  be  paid  to  mess  sergeants  or  those 
holding  the  grade  of  cook?     (156) 

i 

ROSTERS 

What  is  a  roster?     (157) 

How  are  details  made  by  roster?     (157) 

What  details  are  made  by  roster?     (158) 

The  duties  performed  by  roster  are  of  what  two  classes*  and  what 
does  each  comprise?     (159) 

What  different  rosters  are  kept?     (160) 

In  what  order  do  those  in  the  military  service  take  duties  of  the 
first  class?    (161) 

In  what  order,  the  second  class?     (161) 

In  making  details  by  roster  how  is  the  availability  of  officers  or 
men  shown?     (162) 

When  may  departures  from  this  rule  be  authorized?     (162) 

Who  takes  the  duty  should  the  detailed  officer  be  not  present  or 
available?     (163) 

May  this  officer  who  was  not  present  or  available  take  his  tour  at 
any  time?     (163) 

When  are  duties  of  each  class  credited  on  the  roster?     (164) 

When  do  those  on  duty  of  the  first  class  or  next  for  such  detail 
become  available  for  duty  of  the  second  class?  (165) 

When  do  the  old  officer  of  the  day  and  the  old  guard  become 
available  for  duty  after  their  relief?     (165) 

What  detachments  are  exempt  from  detail?     (166) 

DETACHMENTS 

How  are  detachments  for  all  service  formed?     (167) 

Should  officers  or  enlisted  men  detailed  for  detached  service  be  on 
other  duty,  when. will  they  be  relieved?     (168) 

What  are  duties  of  an  adjutant  or  adjutant  general  in  the  forma- 
tion of  a  detachment  from  different  organizations?     (169) 

How  is  the  command  regulated  when  detachments  meet  and  serve 
together?     (170) 

What  report  is  made  upon  the  return  of  a  detachment  to  its  head- 
quarters?    (171) 

DAILY  SERVICE 

What  daily  roll  calls  will  be  held?     (172) 

Where  and  by  whom  and  under  whose  supervision  will  the  roll  be 
called?     (172) 

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What  may  be  done  should  the  companies  be  quartered  together  or 

in  contiguous  barracks?     (172) 

How  early  will  reveille  roll  call  in  garrison  take  place  in  summer; 

in  winter?     (172) 

What  may  be  done  on  Sundays  and  holidays?     (172) 

What  is  done  at  tattoo  and  fifteen  minutes  thereafter?     (173) 

When  is  call  to  quarters  sounded?     (174) 

When  is  taps  sounded  and  what  will  be  done  at  that  time?     (174) 

When  will  the  daily  mess  calls  be  sounded  in  garrison?     (175) 

What  allowance  of  time  is  made  for  meals?     (175) 

That  all  men  may  be  present  for  meals  what  is  done?    (175) 

How  will  the  result  of  roll  calls  be  reported?     (176) 

In  camp   and   garrison  what   does   the   commanding  officer   fix   in 

respect  to  signals  for  various  duties,  etc?     (177) 
When  will  retreat  be  sounded  in  garrison?     (177) 
By  whom  are  the  signals  sounded  in  garrison?     (177) 
What  will  be  done  after  breakfast,  and  after  stables  in  the  mounted 

service?     (178) 

HONORS 

What  is  done  when  the  uncased  national  or  regimental  colors  or 
standard  passes  a  guard  or  other  armed  party?     (179) 

How  do  officers  or  enlisted  men  salute  when  passing  the  uncased 
color?    (179) 

What  do  all  officers  and  enlisted  men,  not  in  formation,  do  when 
the  National  Anthem  is  played?     (180) 

What  rules  apply  when  "To  the  Color"  or  "To  the  Standard"  is 
played?    (180) 

In  what  manner  will  the  National  Anthem  be  played  by  military 
bands?     (180) 

What  marks  of  respect  will  be  shown  toward  the  national  anthem 
of  other  countries  when  played  upon  official  occasions?  (180) 

What  honors  are  paid  by  troops  in  the  trenches  or  on  the  march? 
(181) 

Are  salutes  rendered  when  marching  in  double  time  or  at  the  trot 
or  gallop?     (182) 

By  what  commanders  is  the  commanding  officer  saluted?     (183) 

When  do  all  officers  salute  and  what  does   military  courtesy  re- 
quire?    (184) 

When  should  the  officer  making  a  report  salute  first,  regardless  of 
rank?    (184) 

How  is  a  report  made  at  military  ceremony  or  formation  acknowl- 
edged?    (184) 

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When  are  salutes  exchanged  between  officers  and  enlisted  men, 
and  who  should  salute  first?     (185) 

When  an  officer  enters  a  room  where  enlisted  men  are  present, 
what  is  done?     (186) 

What  is  done  when  an  officer  enters  a  room  where  enlisted  men 
are  at  meals?    (187) 

What  does  an  enlisted  man  do,  if  seated,  upon  the  approach  of  an 
officer?     (188) 

If  standing,  what  does  he  do?     (188) 

Are  these  compliments  repeated  if  parties  remain  on  the  same 
ground?     (188) 

When  do  soldiers  at  work  salute?     (189) 

What  is  done  by  enlisted  men  before  and  after  addressing  an 
officer?     (190) 

In  uniform,  covered  or  uncovered,  but  not  in  a  formation,  how  do 
military  persons  exchange  salutes?     (191) 

What  exception  is  there  to  this  rule?     (191) 

How  are  salutes  exchanged  if  in  civilian  dress?     (192) 

In  what  manner  are  salutes  exchanged  and  who  should  salute 
first?     (193) 

If  a  party  of  officers  be  saluted,  who  should  return  the  salute?  (194) 

What  should  a  mounted  officer  or  enlisted  man  do  before  address- 
ing a  superior  officer  not  mounted?     (195) 

What  does  a  man  in  formation  do  when  directly  addressed?     (196) 

What  is  saluting  distance  and  what  is  it  assumed  to  be  in  general? 
(197) 

What  is  done  when  an  officer  entitled  to  the  salute  passes  in  rear 
of  a  body  of  troops?     (198) 

Where  and  under  what  circumstances  may  the  salute  be  omitted? 
(199) 

How  do  officers  and  enlisted  men  passing  the  uncased  color  render 
honors?    (201) 

How  and  when  do  sentinels  on  post  doing  interior  guard  duty 
salute?     (202)  | 

How  do  troops  under  arms  salute?     (203) 

What  do  commanders  of  detachments  or  other  commands  do  when 
saluting  officers  of  higher  grade?     (204) 

If  saluting  officers  of  junior  or  equal  grade?     (204) 

How  are  salutes  exchanged  should  two  detachments  or  other 
commands  meet?     (205) 

What  troops  pay  no  compliments?     (206) 

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When  are  salutes  and  honors,  as  a  rule,  not  paid  by  troops  on 
duty?     (206) 

When  should  a  command  be  brought  to  "present  arms"  or  "present 
sabers"  before  its  commander  salutes?     (207) 

How  do  troops  under  arms,  at  parades,  ceremonies  or  retreat 
salute  when  the  National  Anthem  or  "To  the  Color"  is  played?     (208) 

If  not  under  arms?     (208) 

When  shall  officers,  entitled  thereto,  not  be  saluted  with  guns  or 
not  have  a  guard  paraded  in  their  honor?     (209) 

Shall  guards  turn  out  on  Sundays  as  a  matter  of  compliment?  (210) 

When  and  to  whom  do  soldiers  pay  the  same  compliments  that 
they  pay  to  their  own  officers?     (211) 

SALUTES  WITH  CANNON 
Who  will  be  present  and  direct  the  fire  of  cannon  salutes?     (212) 
When  will  salutes  be  fired  on  Sundays?     (213) 

As  a  general  rule,  between  what  hours  will  salutes  be  fired?     (213) 
What  is  displayed  during  the  firing  of  a. salute?     (214) 
What  is  the  national  salute?     (215) 
What  is  the  salute  to  the  national  flag?     (215) 

What  is  the  salute  to  the  union  and  when  is  it  fired  and  what  does 
it  commemorate?     (215) 

PERSONAL  SALUTES 
What  is  the  President's  salute  and  when  is  it  fired?     (216) 
Is  any  other  personal  salute  fired  in  the  presence  of  the  President? 

(216) 

What  number  of  guns  does  a  brigadier  general  receive  as  a  salute? 

(217) 

A  major  general?     (217) 

A  lieutenant  general?     (217) 

A  general?     (217) 

What  should  an  officer  do  upon  arrival  at  the  headquarters  of  a 

military  command,  station  or  post?     (218) 

What  may  he  do  if  he  be  senior  to  the  commander?     (218) 
What  should  an  officer  do  upon  arrival  at  Washington,  D.  C,  or  at 

the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  department?     (219) 

What  calls  will  officers  make  when  arriving  for  duty  with  an  or- 
ganization, a  staff  department  at  the  Military  Academy,  or  any  of  the 

service  schools?    (220) 

If  the  arriving  officer  is  the  senior,  who  calls  first?     (220) 

In  case  of  large  commands  or  posts,  what  additional  visits  will  an 

arriving  officer  make?    (221) 

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Under  normal  conditions,  it  is  considered  desirable  that  at  least 
what  officers  should  call  at  the  various  organization  headquarters? 
(221) 

When  and  where  are  official  and  social  calls  made?     (222) 

What,  as  a  rule,  is  customary  from  juniors  when  their  seniors  are 
present?     (223) 

Where  do  these  rules  apply?     (223) 

What  is  the  position  of  a  junior  when  accompanying  officers?  (224) 

What  courtesy  is  paid  by  the  commanding  officer  of  an  organiza- 
tion reporting  at  a  post  or  station  for  duty?     (225) 

What  procedure  will  be  observed  on  the  departure  of  an  organi- 
zation from  a  post  or  station?     (225) 

To  whom  does  a  subordinate  officer  report,  after  reporting  offi- 
cially to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post,  headquarters,  or  station? 
(226) 

What  calls  will  be  made  by  an  officer  returning  from  leave  or 
detached  service?     (227) 

What  calls  will  be  made  by  an  officer  about  to  leave  the  post  or 
station  for  any  length  of  time?     (228) 

Who  calls  upon  newly  arrived  officers?     (229) 

What  procedure  may  be  prescribed  by  the  commanding  officer  in 
case  of  large  commands?     (230) 

What  calls  is  a  general  officer  not  required  to  return?     (229) 

Of  what  importance  is  the  interchange  of  compliments  and  visits 
between  officers  of  the  service?     (230) 

Failure  to  pay  the  civilities  customary  in  official  and  polite  society 
has  what  effect  on  the  best  interests  of  the  service?  (231) 

Military  officers  who  are  likely  to  be  thrown  in  contact  with  Naval 
officers  should  be  thorougly  familiar  with  what  rules  of  courtesy? 
(231) 

CEREMONIES 

How  will  all  ceremonies  be  conducted?     (232) 

Who  determines  the  number  and  kinds  of  parades?     (233) 

After  the  schedule  has  been  approved,  when  only  .will  parades  be 
dispensed  with?     (233) 

Who  will  be  present  for  these  parades?     (233) 

When  is  the  flag  hoisted  at  every  military  post?     (234) 

When  is  the  flag  lowered?     (234) 

What  does  the  band  do  while  the  flag  is  being  lowered?     (234) 

If  the  band  is  not  present,  what  does  the  field  music  do?     (234) 

What  respect  will  be  observed  when  "To  the  Color"  is  sounded  by 
the  field  music  while  the  flag  is  being  lowered?     (234) 

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In  either  case  what  will  officers  and  enlisted  men  out  of  ranks  do? 
(234) 

When  and  for  what  purpose  are  troops  mustered?     (235) 

What  does  the  commanding  officer  do  when  he  can  not  muster  all 
the  troops  himself?     (235) 

When  practicable,  what  will  each  stated  muster  be  preceded  by? 
(236) 

When  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  company,  what 
precedes  the  inspection?     (236) 

If  the  day  for  muster  falls  on  Sunday,  what  will  be  omitted?  (236) 

What  testimonial  of  respect  for  the  heroic  dead  and  honor  to  their 
patriotic  devotion  is  rendered  on  Memorial  Day,  May  30,  at  all  Army 
posts  and  stations?     (237) 

GUARDS 

What  is  the  guide  in  all  matters  relating  to  duties  of  guards  not 
contained  in  Army  Regulations?     (238) 

Who  furnishes  quartermaster's  supplies  and  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores  required  for  strictly  post  or  police  purposes,  or  for  use  by  the 
post  or  camp  guard?     (239) 

Who  makes  the  request  for  such  supplies,  and  by  whom  is  it  ap- 
proved?    (239) 

How  are  articles  so  obtained  entered  and  how  and  under  whose 
direction  will  they  be  carried?     (240) 

What  is  done  with  them  when  no  longer  fit  for  use?     (240) 

PECUNIARY  RESPONSIBILITY  OF  OFFICERS 

An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  money  made  in 
obedience  to  the  order  of  whom?     (241) 

How  must  every  order  be  given  that  is  issued  by  any  military 
authority  which  may  cause  an  expenditure  of  money  in  a  staff  depart- 
ment?    (241) 

What  is  done  with  the  copies  of  this  order?     (241) 

If  the  expenditure  be  disallowed,  to  whom  will  it  be  charged? 
(241) 

What  is  done  if  a  payment  made  on  the  certificate  of  an  officer  as 
to  facts  is  afterwards  disallowed  for  error  of  fact  in  the  certificate? 
(242) 

How  can  the  disbursing  officer  not  protect  himself  in  an  erroneous 
payment?     (242) 

What  will  the  chief  of  a  bureau  to  which  accounts  pertain  cause 
to  be  done  with  each  account  current  and  its  accompanying  papers? 
(243) 

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What  action  is  taken  when  a  suspension  or  disallowance  is 
made?    (243) 

What  procedure  is  followed  in  case  of  discovered  error  or  dis- 
allowance in  an  account  upon  its  examination  by  the  proper  authority? 
(244) 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  RESPON- 
SIBILITY, GENERAL  PROVISIONS 

Upon  whom  does  accountability  and  responsibility  for  property 
devolve?     (245) 

Upon  whom  does  responsibility  without  accountability  devolve? 
(245) 

How  is  an  accountable  officer  relieved  from  responsibility?     (245) 

When  is  the  responsible  officer  relieved  from  responsibility?     (245) 

For  what  is  the  officer  in  permanent  or  temporary  command  of  a 
post  or  station  responsible?     (246) 

What  care  will  he  take  in  this  connection?     (246) 

What  is  done  if  an  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  of  a  com- 
mand (not  property  pertaining  to  a  company  or  detachment)  is,  by 
order,  leave  of  absence,  or  any  other  cause  separated  from  it?     (247) 

What  measures  will  be  taken  and  by  whom,  if  it  becomes  necessary 
to  remove  all  officers  from  the  charge  of  public  property?     (248) 

For  what  is  a  company  or  detachment  commander  responsible? 
(249) 

When  will  he  not  transfer  his  accountability  therefor  to  a  successor 
during  periods  of  absence?     (249) 

For  what  is  the  officer  in  temporary  or  permanent  command  of  a 
company  or  detachment  responsible?     (250) 

To  whom  cannot  the  property  responsibility  of  a  company  com- 
mander be  transferred?     (251) 

What  is  the  company  commander's  duty  as  regards  its  security 
and  the  issues  thereof?     (251) 

What  is  the  policy  of  separating  an  officer  from  public  property 
for  which  he  is  accountable?     (252) 

What  does  a  transfer  of  public  property  involve?     (253) 

Give  the  procedure  to  be  followed  in  ordinary  cases  of  transfer. 
(253) 

In  cases  in  which  complete  transfer  of  property  occurs,  what  pro- 
cedure is  followed?     (253) 

Give  the  steps  to  be  taken  when  an  officer  to  whom  stores  have 
been  forwarded  believes  them  to  have  miscarried.     (254) 

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What  is  done  if  an  officer  to  whom  public  property  has  been  trans- 
ferred fails  to  receipt  for  it  within  a  reasonable  time?     (255) 

What  is  done  with  copies  of  all  papers  relating  to  the  transaction? 
(255) 

What  steps  are  taken  by  an  officer  upon  the  receipt  of  public  prop- 
erty?    (256) 

If  he  discovers  defects  or  shortages,  what  action  does  he  take? 
(256) 

What  is  done  should  he  consider  the  property  unfit  for  use?     (256) 

Give  the  rule  that  will  be  observed  in  regard  to  packages  when 
first  opened  for  issue,  and  for  property  damaged  or  missing  while  in 
store.    (256) 

What  will  always  be  done  when  packages  of  supplies  are  opened 
for  the  first  time?     (257) 

In  case  of  deficiency  or  damage,  what  is  done?     (257) 

How  will  the  officer  responsible  make  the  report  if  he  was  the  only 
officer  present?     (257) 

What  is  done  if  a  survey  be  ordered?     (257) 

The  giving  or  taking  of  what  kind  of  receipts  for  public  property 
is  prohibited?     (258) 

What  care  should  be  exercised  by  an  officer  in  choosing  the  agent 
to  whom  he  intrusts  the  duty  of  issues?     (259) 

The  keys  of  storerooms  or  chests  will  not  be  intrusted  to  enlisted 
men  or  civilians  without  what  on  the  part  of  the  accountable  officer? 
(260) 

What  will  an  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  in  use  or  in  store 
endeavor  to  do  as  regards  its  serviceability?     (261) 

What  is  he  allowed  for  this  purpose?     (261) 

How  is  all  movable  public  property  branded  before  being  issued? 
(262) 

What  is  the  regulation  regarding  the  use,  for  private  purpose,  of 
public  property  and  of  labor  hired  for  the  Government?     (263) 

Into  what  classes  is  unserviceable  property  divided  with  reference 
to  its  disposition?     (264) 

What  may  be  done  with  property  of  the  first  class?     (204) 

What  will  be  done  with  property  of  the  second  and  third  classes? 
(264) 

How  will  military  stores  and  public  property  condemned  and 
ordered  sold  be  disposed  of?     (266) 

When  may  the  officer  making  the  sale  suspend  it?     (266) 

How  will  such  a  sale  be  reported?     (266) 

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By  whom  may  public  property  which  has  been  condemned,  or  the 
issue  price  of  which  has  been  reduced  as  a  result  of  a  survey  or  inspec- 
tion, not  be  purchased?     (267) 

How  are  causes  of  damage  to,  and  of  loss  and  destruction  of,  mili- 
tary property  classified?     (268) 

When  will  officers  responsible  for  public  property  be  charged  for 
any  damage  to,  or  loss  or  destruction  of  the  same?     (269) 

Name  the  different  officers  who  can  administer  oaths.     (270) 

What  action  is  taken  if  an  article  of  public  property  be  lost  or 
damaged  by  the  neglect  or  fault  of  any  officer  or  soldier?     (271) 

How  will  Coast  Artillery  noncommissioned  officers  of  a  mine 
planter  or  cable  ship  detachment,  be  appointed  and  reduced?     (271) 

What  shall  the  amount  charged  against  an  enlisted  man  on  the 
pay  rolls  on  account  of  loss  or  damage  of,  or  repairs  to,  Government 
property,  not  exceed?     (272) 

When  only  will  such  charge  be  made?     (272) 

Of  what  will  he  be  informed  at  the  time  of  signing  the  pay  rolls 
in  case  such  a  charge  is  entered  against  his  pay?     (272) 

How  is  the  value  of  public  property  carried  away  by  a  deserter, 
or  lost  through  his  desertion,  determined?     (273) 

How  is  the  Government  reimbursed  for  such  loss?     (273) 

What  procedure  is  followed  if  articles  of  public  property  are  em- 
bezzled, or  lost  or  damaged  through  neglect,  by  a  civilian  employee? 
(274) 

What  steps  will  be  taken  whenever  information  is  received  that 
animals  or  other  property  belonging  to  the  military  service  of  the 
United  States  are  unlawfully  in  the  possession  of  any  person  not  in 
the  military  service?    (275) 

When  will  the  post  or  detachment  commander  cause  public  prop- 
erty in  the  hands  of  persons  not  in  the  military  service  to  be  seized? 
(276) 

What  will  be  done  with  persons  caught  in  the  act  of  stealing 
public  property?     (276) 

When  may  the  post  commander  authorize  the  quartermaster  to 
offer  a  reward  for  public  property  which  has  been  lost  or  stolen? 
(277) 

What  shall  such  reward  not  exceed?     (277) 

If  the  property  has  been  stolen,  what  shall  the  reward  include  pay- 
ment for?    (277) 

By  whom  will  the  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  any  action 
under  the  preceding  paragraphs,  with  the  exception  of  attorney's 
fees,  be  paid?    (278) 

What  report  is  made  in  this  connection?     (278) 


PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY 

How  must  all  public  property  be  accounted  for?     (279) 

What  is  done  with  all  public  property  discovered  to  be  unac- 
counted for  by  an  accountable  officer?     (279) 

What  is  done  when  discovered  by  officers  not  accountable  for  that 
class  of  property,  or  by  enlisted  men  or  civilian  employees?     (279) 

State  the  action  to  be  taken  in  the  absence  of  such  accountable 
officer.    (279) 

How  will  an  officer  accountable  for  the  public  property  of  two  or 
more  companies  account  for  that  pertaining  to  each,  except  quarter- 
master supplies?     (280) 

To  what  enlisted  men,  and  at  what  places,  can  accountability  for 
public  property  be  transferred?     (281) 

When  will  vouchers  for  issues  or  expenditure  of  property  be  ac- 
companied by  copies  of  the  orders  directing  the  issues  or  expendi- 
tures?    (282) 

When  will  an  office  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  property? 
(283) 

What  happens  if  the  expenditure  is  disallowed?     (283) 

How  will  public  property  expended  in  the  military  service  and 
public  property  lost  or  destroyed  be  accounted  for?     (284) 

What  is  done  with  these  certificates  and  affidavits?     (284) 

What  is  done  in  exceptional  cases,  when  it  is  impracticable  to  sub- 
mit such  certificates  and  affidavits  with  the  return?     (284) 

Give  the  action  to  be  taken  by  an  accountable  officer  when  an 
enlisted  man  has,  by  a  court-martial,  been  convicted  of  losing  or 
damaging  public  property?     (285) 

What  is  customary  should  an  officer  or  agent  o'f  the  Government 
charged  with  public  property  fail  to  render  the  prescribed  returns 
therefor  within  a  reasonable  time?     (286) 

How  will  all  returns  of  stores  or  supplies  be  rendered?     (287) 

When  will  those  of  subsistence  stores  be  forwarded?     (287) 

When  will  a  return  be  forwarded  in  cases  in  which  a  complete 
transfer  of  property  from  one  officer  to  another  occurs  within  an  ac- 
counting period?     (287) 

In  what  cases  will  the  transfer  of  accountability  be  made  on  the 
current  return,  completed  and  rendered  by  the  officer  accountable  at 
the  close  of  the  accounting  period?     (287) 


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ADMINISTRATIVE  EXAMINATION  OF  PROPERTY 
RETURNS 
When  will  the  officer  making  the  return  be  notified  of  all  errors 

and  irregularities  found  therein?     (288) 

How  long  a  time  is  allowed  him  for  making  corrections?     (288) 
For  what  will  suspension  or  disallowance  not  be  made?     (288) 
When  will  the  return  be  regarded  as  settled?     (288) 
What  report  is  made  if  the  necessary  corrections  in  the  return  be 

not  made  within  the  prescribed  time?     (289) 

What  action  is  taken  when  it  shall  have  been  determined  that  the 

money  value  of  the  property  for  which  an  officer  has  failed  to  account 

shall  be  refunded  to  the  United  States?     (289) 

SURVEYS  OF  PROPERTY 

What  public  property  will  be  surveyed  by  a  disinterested  officer, 
before  being  submitted  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation?     (290) 

By  whom  will  the  surveying  officer  be  designated?     (291) 

By  whom,  however,  may  such  officer  be  appointed?     (291) 

Who  will  survey  the  property  when  only  the  commanding  officer 
and  interested  officer  are  present  for  duty?     (291) 

What  action  is  taken  when  only  the  responsible  or  interested  offi- 
cer is  present?     (291) 

What  is  done  should  the  case  thus  presented  not  be  considered 
satisfactory,  or  in  a  case  in  which  only  interested  officers  with  oppos- 
ing interests  are  present?     (291) 

Of  what  will  the  officer  making  the  investigation  be  informed? 
(291) 

What  can  be  said  as  to  the  duties  of  a  surveying  officer  and  how  he 
must  conduct  his  investigation?     (292) 

What  will  the  person  responsible  for  public  property  to  be  sur- 
veyed furnish  in  all  cases?    (293) 

When  will  the  request  for  the  action  by  a  surveying  officer  be 
made?     (294) 

What  officer  shall  have  the  authority  to  administer  an  oath  to  any 
witness  attending  to  testify  in  an  investigation?  (295) 

What  can  the  surveying  officer  not  do?     (296) 

Of  what  importance  is  his  action?     (296) 

Give  an  example  of  the  functions  of  a  surveying  officer.     (296) 

What  are  his  functions  in  case  of  property  ordered  to  be  aban- 
doned; damaged  clothing  to  be  issued;  and  discrepancies  between  in- 
voice and  the  actual  quantity  or  description  of  property  transferred 
from  one  officer  to  another?     (296) 

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How  will  the  report  be  prepared  and  to  whom  will  it  be  submitted? 
(297) 

What  reports  will  be  made  for  each  staff  department  concerned? 
(297) 

What  classes  of  property  may  be  destroyed  on  the  approved  re- 
commendation of  a  surveying  officer?     (298) 

Whose  decision  is  final  as  to  whether  such  property  has  salable 
value?     (298) 

What  are  the  amounts  of  stores  that  may  be  destroyed  in  a  quarter 
by  the  different  branches  of  the  service,  without  the  approval  of  the 
next  higher  administrative  commander?     (298) 

When  will  requests  for  specific  instructions  not  be  submitted? 
(298) 

What  will  the  commanding  officer  do  before  ordering  the  destruc- 
tion of  property  or  stores  under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph? 
(298) 

What  will  be  done  in  case  the  invoice  value  of  the  stores  involved 
exceeds  $500?     (298) 

What  certificates  will  be  appended  to  the  report?     (298) 

When  will  the  report  be  considered  complete,  for  submission  as  a 
property  voucher,  if  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey 
or  the  loss  or  damage  inquired  into  does  not  exceed  $500?     (299) 

What  disposition  will  be  made  of  the  copies  of  this  report?     (299) 

In  what  cases  will  the  report  be  forwarded  to  the  next  higher 
administrative  commander  for  review?     (300) 

To  what  review  are  all  reports  of  survey  of  property,  whatever 
their  nature  or  the  amounts  involved,  subject?     (300) 

When  only  should  the  reports  of  a  survey  which  recommends  the 
relief  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  be  approved?     (301) 

What  steps  will  be  taken  when  the  approved  report  oPa  surveying 
officer  holds  a  common  carrier,  or  a  person  not  in  the  military  service 
of  the  United  States,  responsible  for  the  loss  or  damage  to  public 
property?     (302) 

What  is  done  with  public  property  that  has  been  in  transit  upon 
its  arrival  at  its  destination?     (302) 

What  action  is  taken  should  any  discrepancy,  loss,  or  damage  be 
found?     (302) 

What  accompanies  the  delivery,  by  the  receiving  quartermaster, 
to  the  officer  to  whom  it  is  invoiced?    (302) 

Upon  approval,  what  disposition  is  made  of  the  reports  by  the 
authority  that  approves  them?    (302) 

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What  is  done  with  one  copy  of  the  report  in  case  the  surveying 
officer  finds  the  invoicing  officer  responsible?     (302) 

In  case  the  responsibility  is  placed  upon  the  carrier,  what  action 
does  the  receiving  quartermaster  take?     (302) 

What  action  is  taken  by  the  quartermaster  who  pays  the  account? 
(302) 

If  from  an  account  of  $100  for  transportation  services  there  is  a 
deduction  of  $25  for  ordnance  stores  lost,  how  will  the  quartermaster 
adjust  his  accounts?     (302) 

If  the  deduction  is  on  account  of  supplies  lost  by  the  carrier,  per- 
taining to  the  appropriation  "Barracks  and  Quarters,"  how  will  he 
adjust  his  accounts?     (302) 

What  action  is  taken  if,  in  any  instance,  collection  cannot  be  made? 
(302) 

Should  the  officer  to  whom  the  property  is  invoiced  on  receipt  of 
the  same  discover  loss,  damage,  or  discrepancy  not  noted  by  the  re- 
ceiving quartermaster,  what  will  he  do  at  once?     (302) 

What  is  the  receiving  quartermaster  authorized  to  do  in  the  case 
of  shipment  to  the  Philippine  Islands  via  commercial  lines?     (302) 

What  may  be  done  with  properly  approved  reports  of  survey  of 
property?     (303) 

When  are  they  to  be  considered  as  conclusive?     (303) 

Until  they  are  accepted  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  how  are  they  to 
be  regarded?     (303) 

What  is  done  if,  on  examination  in  the  proper  bureau,  they  exhibit 
serious  errors,  or  defects  either  of  investigation  or  of  findings?     (303) 

What  procedure  is  followed  whenever  a  report  of  a  survey  recom- 
mends a  stoppage  against  an  enlisted  man  and  the  recommendation 
is  approved?     (304) 

Under  what  circumstances  may  compensation  be  made  for  private 
property  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  lost  or  destroyed  in  the  military 
service?     (305) 

When  will  compensation  not  be  made?     (305) 

When  must  a  claim  for  compensation  be  presented?     (305) 

How  will  each  claim  for  compensation  be  forwarded,  and  by  what 
will  it,  if  possible,  be  accompanied?     (305) 

How  will  all  personal  property  for  the  loss  or  destruction  of  which 
payment  is  claimed  appear  in  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  officers? 
(305) 

For  what  will  the  boards  recommend  payment?     (305) 


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STAFF  ADMINISTRATION 

What  will  commanding  officers  do  regarding  returns,  requisitions, 
and  estimates  pertaining  to  their  respective  commands?     (306) 

To  whom  and  for  what -purpose  will  officers  doing  duty  as  staff 
officers  of  military  posts  and  commands  submit  their  estimates  and 
requisitions  for  supplies,  property,  and  money?  (307) 

What  action  is  taken  thereon  by  such  commanders?    (307) 

What  are  the  duties  of  commanding  officers  regarding  public  ex- 
penditures?    (308) 

MILITARY  CORRESPONDENCE 

To  how  many  subjects  should  an  official  letter  refer?     (309) 

When  will  letters  of  transmittal  be  used,  and  to  what  must  they 
refer?     (310) 

With  what  are  they  not  required?  (310) 

When  will  telegrams  be  followed  by  official  copies  sent  by  first 
mail?     (311) 

LETTERS,  INDORSEMENTS  AND  INCLOSURES 

What  governs  the  manner  of  how  letters  will  be  written,  folded, 
numbered,  briefed,  marked,  and  signed,  indorsements  written,  num- 
bered, and  signed;  and  inclosures  numbered  and  marked?     (312-1) 

Give  an  example  illustrating  the  proper  heading,  subject  and  num- 
ber of  letter.     (312-1) 

What  follows  the  heading  of  a  letter,  and  how  will  this  be  type- 
written?    (312-2) 

What  follows  the  body  of  a  letter,  and  when  does  the  rank  and 
regiment,  corps  or  department  of  the  writer  appear  after  the  body? 
(312-3) 

What  kinds  of  forms  will  be  omitted?     (312-4) 

How  many  sides  of  the  paper  will  be  used,  and  when  will  the  writ- 
ing begin?     (312-5) 

Where  will  the  stamps  bearing  the  office  numbers  be  placed? 
(312-6) 

Where  will  the  received  and  received  back  stamp  be  placed  in 
letters  and  indorsements?     (312-6) 

How  is  a  communication  of  two  or  more  sheets  filed?     (312-6) 

What  constitutes  the  brief  of  a  letter?    (312-7) 

How  will  letter  paper  and  foolscap  paper  be  folded  if  of  one  sheet 
only,  and  if  of  more  than  one  sheet?     (312-8) 

How  will  inclosures  be  numbered  and  what  marks  will  they  be 
given?     (312-9) 

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How  are  inclosures  to  the  original  communication  noted?     (312-9) 
If  others  are  added  when  an  indorsement  is  made,  where  will  their 

number  be  noted?     (312-9) 

What  will  be  added  to  the  latter  notation?     (312-9) 

How  are  inclosures  to  indorsements  numbered?     (312-9) 

How  may  they  be  kept  when  few  in  number,  and  when  they  are 

many  and  bulky?     (312-9) 

What  are  the  provisions  of  paragraph  9,  General  Orders,  No.  23, 

War    Department,    August    5,    1912,    relating    to    the    numbering    and 

noting  of  inclosures  construed  to  require?     (312-9) 

INDORSEMENTS 

What  will  be  the  writing  width  of  indorsements?     (312-11) 

Where  will  the  first  indorsement  begin?     (312-11) 

How  will  succeeding  indorsements  follow,  and  with  what  space 
between  them?     (312-11) 

When  typewritten,  indorsements  will  be  how  spaced,  and  how  are 
paragraphs  numbered?     (312-11) 

What  size  sheets  will  be  used  should  one  or  more  additional  sheets 
be  necessary  for  indorsements?     (312-12) 

In  referring,  transmitting,  forwarding,  and  returning  papers,  what 
expressions  will  be  omitted?     (312-13) 

How  are  indorsements  of  a  routine  nature,  referring,  transmitting, 
forwarding,  and  returning  papers,  signed?     (312-14) 

What  practice  that  obtains  at  division,  department,  and  other  head- 
quarters is  not  prohibited  by  this  order?     (312-14) 

LETTERS  AND  INDORSEMENTS 

How  are  pages  numbered,  and  how  is  reference  made  to  an  in- 
dorsement?    (312-15) 

When  are  two  carbon  copies  of  letters  and  indorsements  required? 
(312-16) 

What  disposition  is  made  of  these  carbon  copies?     (312-16) 

The  carbon  copy  that  is  forwarded  with  the  communication  for  the 
file  of  the  first  office  in  which  a  complete  copy  of  the  communication 
is  required  for  the  records,  will  not  be  regarded  as  what?     (312-16) 

What  is  done  to  the  carbon  copy  retained  for  the  office  record  of 
the  person  responsible  for  the  letter?     (312-16) 

With  what  duty  is  such  person  charged?     (312-16) 

How  is  the  name  of  the  writer  written  in  the  case  of  the  carbon 
copy  sent  forward?     (312-16) 

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What  is  done  with  carbon  copy  when  a  complete  copy  of  a  com- 
munication is  not  required  for  its  records  of  an  intermediate  office? 
(312-16) 

In  what  offices  will  the  carbon  copies  be  made  on  sheets  of  per- 
forated paper?    (312-16) 

What  is  the  practice  in  other  offices?     (312-16)        * 

To  what  only  do  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph  apply?     (312-16) 

When  only  will  press  copies  be  used?     (312-17) 

What  kind  of  forms  does  this  order  not  prohibit?     (312-19) 

What  may  the  back  of  the  first  sheet  of  such  forms,  except  the 
fold  containing  office  marks,  be  used  for?     (312-19) 

To  whom  are  all  classes  of  official  communications  heretofore  ad- 
dressed to  the  adjutants  or  to  adjutants  general  other  than  The  Ad- 
jutant General  of  the  Army,  now  addressed?     (312-20) 

How  are  points  not  touched  upon  in  this  order  governed?     (312-21) 

What  addresses  will  be  given  in  the  official  letters  of  an  officer? 
(314) 

What  expressions  of  locality  will  not  be  used?     (314) 

How  is  the  possibility  of  confidential  communications  falling  into 
the  hands  of  persons  other  than  those  for  whom  they  are  intended, 
reduced?  (315) 

To  what  also  does  this  precaution  apply?     (315) 

For  what  will  Government  telegraph  operators  be  held  respon- 
sible?    (316) 

How  only  will  a  received  telegram  leave  an  office?     (316) 

Who  has  access  to  telegraph  files  and  how  are  they  guarded?  (316) 

How  will  official  communications  be  signed  or  authenticated?  (317) 

If  written  by  order,  what  will  be  stated?     (317) 

By  virtue  of  what  does  the  adjutant  of  any  command  transact  the 
business  or  correspondence  of  that  command  over  his  signature?  (317) 

When  orders  or  instructions  of  any  kind  are  given,  what  must  be 
stated?    (317) 

What  will  be  added  to  the  signature  by  the  chief  of  staff,  or  the 
adjutant,  in  the  absence  of  a  commanding  general?     (317) 

By  what  title  will  an  officer  be  designated  in  orders  and  addresses 
in  official  communications?     (318) 

To  whom  are  all  official  communications  from  officers  and  enlisted 
men  of  the  Army  outside  of  the  War  Department  intended  for  the 
Secretary  of  War  or  for  any  bureau  or  office  of  the  War  Department, 
except  as  otherwise  specially  authorized  or  required  by  Army  Regula- 
tions, addressed?     (319) 

Through  what  commanders  will  all  communications  pass?     (320) 

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How  will  this  rule  not  be  interpreted?     (320) 

How  are  verbal  communications  governed?     (320) 

What  will  be  stated  when  necessity  requires  communications  to  be 
sent  through  other  than  the  prescribed  channel?     (320) 

How  will  communications  from  superiors  to  subordinates  be  an- 
swered?    (320) 

When  will  correspondence  between  an  officer  of  a  staff  corps  or 
department  and  the  chief  of  the  War  Department  bureau  in  which  he 
is  serving,  pass  directly?     (321) 

Except  as  provided  in  Army  Regulations  783,  all  communications, 
reports,  and  estimates  from  officers  serving  at  a  military  post,  and 
communications  of  every  nature  addressed  to  them  relating  to  affairs" 
of  the  post,  will  pass  through  whom?     (322) 

What  will  officers  who  forward  communications  indorse  thereon? 
(323) 

Without  what  will  no  communication  be  forwarded  to  the  War 
Department  by  a  department  commander  or  other  superior  officer  for 
the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War?     (323) 

How  may  a  commander  or  chief  of  bureau  communicate  with  those 
under  his  command?     (324) 

How  will  he  communicate  with  all  others?     (324) 

To  whom  will  an  application  for  the  official  opinion  of  the  Judge 
Advocate  General  or  of  an  officer  of  any  Executive  Department  of- 
the  Government  other  than  the  War  Department,  be  addressed?  (325) 

Are  there  any  exceptions  to  this?     (325) 

What  communications  need  not  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army  simply  because  addressed  to  him?     (326) 

Who  decides  whether  a  communication  is  of  sufficient  importance  to 
be  forwarded?     (326) 

Of  what  are  officers  of  the  Army  reminded  regarding  the  tone  of 
their  correspondence?     (327) 

What  will  an  officer  of  the  Army  do  whenever  questions  of  such 
character  shall  arise  between  officers  and  officials  of  other  branches  of 
the  public  service,  and  it  is  found  that  they  can  not  be  reconciled  by 
an   interchange   of  courteous   correspondence?     (327) 

ORDERS 

What  orders  of  what  commanders  are  denominated  "General 
(General  Court-Martial  or  Special)  Orders"?     (328) 

How  are  such  orders  numbered?     (328) 

What  orders  are  simply  denominated  "Orders"  and  how  are  they 
numbered?     (329) 

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How  are  Circulars  from  any  headquarters  numbered?     (329) 

The  order  of  what  commanders  are  denominated  "Field  Orders" 
and  how  are  they  numbered?     (330) 

What  matters  are  published  in  General  Orders?     (331) 

Give  examples  of  such  matters?     (331) 

Whom  do  Special  Orders  concern,  and  to  what  do  they  relate? 
(332) 

What  must  be  done  with  General  Orders  and  all  important  Special 
Orders  before  issue?  (333) 

What  will  an  order  state?     (334) 

In  what  form  may  it  be  put?     (334) 

To  whom  will  orders  for  any  body  of  troops  ordinarily  be  ad- 
dressed, and  what  will  the  address  name?    (335) 

By  whom  will  they  be  executed?    (335) 

When  will  orders  eulogizing  the  conduct  of  living  officers  be 
issued?    (336) 

What  will  obituaries  of  commissioned  officers  be  limited  to?     (336) 

How  are  verbal  and  important  written  orders  carried  in  the  field? 
(337) 

To  whom  only  should  dispatches  for  distant  corps  be  intrusted? 
(337) 

When  only  will  mounted  enlisted  men  be  employed  to  carry  im- 
portant dispatches?     (338) 

What  will  be  written  clearly  on  the  covers  of  all  dispatches  trans- 
mitted by  mounted  orderlies?     (338) 

How  will  orders  and  instructions  be  transmitted?     (339) 

What  exceptions  are  there  to  this  rule  and  how  are  they  trans- 
mitted in  such  cases?     (339) 

How  are  printed  orders  generally  distributed?     (340) 

By  whom  will  files  of  such  orders  be  kept  and  what  will  be  done 
with  them  when  a  commander  is  relieved?     (340) 

What  action  is  taken  and  by  whom,  if  General  Orders  in  regular 
succession  are  not  received  within  a  reasonable  time?     (340) 

How  and  when  are  orders  that  affect  a  command  made  known  to 
it  in  camp  or  garrison?     (341) 

How  is  this  handled  when  in  the  field?     (341) 

MUSTER  ROLLS 

When  will  pay  rolls  be  prepared  and  signed  and  how  will  they  be 
disposed  of?     (342) 

When  will  muster  rolls  be  prepared  and  signed  and  how  will  they 
be  disposed  of?     (342) 

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How  will  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Department,  Quartermaster 
Corps,  Ordnance  Department  and  Signal  Corps,  not  belonging  to  com- 
panies, be  borne?     (343) 

By  whom  will  the  rolls  be  prepared  and  signed  when  detachments 
of  enlisted  men  are  serving  at  a  post  or  station  and  are  not  under 
immediate  command  of  an  officer  of  their  respective  arm,  corps,  or  de- 
tachment?    (343) 

What  other  duties  does  he  have  regarding  these  men?     (343) 
How  will  a  soldier  be  mustered  if  on  duty  or  in  a  hospital  at  a 
post  or  station  other  than  that  of  his  company?     (343) 

How  will  two  or  more  such  soldiers  at  a  post  or  station  be  borne 
on  the  pay  roll?     (343) 

How  can  corrections  be  made  on  muster  and  pay  rolls  after  muster 
and  before  they  have  been  forwarded?     (344) 
How  can  retained  rolls  be  changed?     (344) 
Who  makes  calculations  on  the  pay  rolls?     (345) 
Who  copies  these  calculations  on  the  retained  rolls,  what  does  he 
certify  and  what  does  he  enter  thereon?     (345) 

RETURNS  OF  TROOPS 

What  officers  will  make  monthly  returns?     (346) 

Who  prepares  the  returns  for  a  sub-post?     (346) 

What  returns  will  be  made  when  an  organization  leaves  or  joins 
a  station,  or  when  it  sails  from  a  port  of  embarkation  or  arrives  at  a 
port  of  destination?     (347) 

When  leaving  a  station  what  will  the  returns  to  the  immediate 
commanding  officer  be  accompanied  by?     (347) 

Through  whom  are  returns  forwarded  if  a  field  officer  is  serving 
with  detached  companies  of  his  regiment  or  corps?     (348) 

BATTLE  REPORTS  AND  RETURNS 
What  reports   are   rendered   and   by  whom  after   every   battle   or 
engagement  with  the  enemy?     (349) 

What  report  will  be  submitted  immediately  after  any  engagement 
in  which  casualties  have  occurred?     (350) 

By  what  means  will  this  report  be  submitted,  if  possible?     (350) 
How  will   it  be   sent   if   telegraphic   communications   can   not   be 
had?    (350) 

What  other  report  in  addition  to  the  foregoing  report  will  be  pre- 
pared and  sent  forward?     (350) 

By  whom  will  these  additional  reports  be  prepared  and  of  what  do 
these  reports  consist?     (350) 

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How  many  copies  are  prepared  and  what  disposition  is  made  of 
them?     (350) 

What  action  is  taken  when  troops  capture  any  property?     (351) 

RECORDS 

What  must  be  done  with  all  military  records?     (352) 

What  records,  reports,  papers,  etc.,  are  the  property  of  the  United 
States  and  for  what  will  these  be  required?     (353) 

What  will  be  done  with  these  records  whenever  posts,  districts, 
territorial  divisions,  departments,  corps,  divisions,  brigades,  regiments, 
and  companies  discontinue?     (353) 

What  will  be  done  with  the  records  of  discontinuance  of  depots  of 
staff  departments?     (353) 

What  are  the  prohibitions  as  to  the  use  of  colored  inks?     (354) 

Where  can  the  penalties  be  found  for  the  willful  and  unlawful 
concealment,  removal,  multilation,  etc.,  of  any  records,  proceedings, 
maps,  books,  or  other  thing,  filed  or  deposited  in  any  public  office? 
(355) 

What  information  will  not  be  furnished  by  any  person  in  the  mili- 
tary service?     (356) 

What  information  may  be  freely  conveyed  to  allay  the  anxiety  of 
friends?     (356) 

What  information  will  be  promptly  communicated  to  the  nearest 
relative?     (356) 

What  knowledge  concerning  an  applicant  for  a  pension  may  be 
furnished?     (356) 

What  information  is  the  surgeon  of  a  post  authorized  to  furnish 
the  health  authorities  of  the  state  or  locality  in  which  the  post  is 
situated?     (356) 

What  report  will  an  officer  make  when  he  arrives  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  or  at  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  department?     (357) 

To  whom  and  when  will  an  officer  report  when  detached  from  his 
regiment  or  corps  for  duty?     (358) 

What  later  reports  does  he  make?     (358) 

What  reports  will  be  made  by  each  officer  of  the  Army,  except 
general  officers,  on  December  31  of  each  year?     (359) 

How  and  to  whom  is  this  report  forwarded?     (359) 

In  the  event  that  an  officer,  after  the  rendition  of  this  report,  wishes 
to  change  any  of  the  preferences,  what  should  he  do?     (359) 

When  and  by  whom  are  efficiency  reports  submitted,  and  what 
remarks  are  indorsed  thereon?     (360) 

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What  action  does  a  reporting  officer  take  regarding  the  efficiency- 
report  whenever  an  officer  is  permanently  relieved  from  duty  at  a 
post  or  station,  or  is  detailed  on  temporary  duty  elsewhere,  the 
probable  period  of  which  duty  may  exceed  30  days?     (360) 

What  does  a  reporting  officer  do  in  this  respect  when  he  is  per- 
manently relieved  from  duty,  or  is  temporarily  relieved  for  a  period 
that  will  probably  exceed  30  days?     (360) 

PENALTY  ENVELOPES 

For  what  correspondence  may  the  penalty  envelope  be  used?    (361) 
When  may  an  officer  inclose  a  penalty  envelope  for  a  reply  from 
a  private  party?     (362) 

How  do  you  define  official  information?     (363) 
What  is  private  information?     (363) 
For  which  may  the  official  envelope  be  used?     (363) 
How  will  envelopes  for  official  mail  matter  for  the  War  Depart- 
ment  be   printed,    and    for   use    of   the   headquarters    of   a   territorial 
department,  for  a  post,  station,  armory,  arsenal,  depot,  or  school  of 
instruction?     (364) 

What  is  printed  on  envelopes  required  for  the  transmission  of 
printed  matter?     (364) 

How  are  envelopes  for  the  official  business  of  officers  not  embraced 
in  the  foregoing  classes,  and  officers  on  the  retired  list,  printed?    (364) 

PROPERTY  FOR  CONDEMNATION 

What  will  officers  prepare  and  sign  for  public  property  requiring 

inspection  by  the  Inspector  General  at  the  time  of  his  visit?     (365) 
What  will  be  done  in  the  case  of  rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence 

stores  or  of  unserviceable  public  animals,  or  of  pressing  emergencies? 

(365) 

How  will  public  animals  be  inventoried?     (365) 

How  will  property  for  inspection  be  arranged?     (366) 

What  will  the  officer  responsible  for  such  property  do  during  its 

inspection?     (366) 

What  property  will  not  be  reported  as  unserviceable?     (367) 

ARREST  AND  CONFINEMENT 

Who  only  can  place  officers  in  arrest?     (368) 

What  exception  is  there  to  this?       (368) 

How  is  an  officer  placed  in  arrest?     (368) 

To  where  will  an  officer  repair  when  arrested?     (369)       , 

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How  long  will  he  remain  there?     (369) 

When  will  close  confinement  not  be  enforced?     (369) 

For  what  offenses  will  officers  not  be  placed  in  arrest?     (370) 

What  will  generally  answer  for  these?     (370) 

What  will  a  commanding  officer  do  whenever  he  places  an  officer  in 
arrest  without  preferring  charges?,   (370) 

What  can  an  officer  in  arrest  not  do?     (371) 

How  will  his  applications  and  requests  of  every  nature  be  made? 
(371) 

Where  will  field  officers  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers,  and 
company  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  march  when  in  arrest? 
(372) 

What  enlisted  men  are  designated  as  awaiting  trial,  as  awaiting 
result  of  trial,  as  garrison  prisoners,  and  as  general  prisoners?     (373) 

With  whom  will  noncommissioned  officers  not  be  confined,  if  it  can 
be  avoided?     (374) 

What  will  they  not  be  required  to  do  when  placed  in  arrest?     (374) 

What  will  no  soldier  be  confined  without?     (375) 

Are  there  any  exceptions  to  the  above?     (375) 

What  is  proper  for  a  company  commander  to  do  in  this  connection? 
(375) 

What  must  be  done  in  case  of  such  action?     (375) 

What  will  be  reported  as  soon  as  practicable  by  the  officer  author- 
izing the  arrest  or  confinement  of  an  enlisted  man?     (376) 

What  prisoners  will,  when  practicable,  be  kept  apart  from  each 
other?     (377) 

How  will  enlisted  men  in  confinement  for  minor  offenses,  or  await- 
ing trial,  or  the  result  of  trial  for  the  same,  ordinarily  be  sent  to 
work?     (377) 

What  will  they  be  required  to  attend?     (377) 

When  shall  an  officer  be  placed  in  arrest  by  the  commanding 
officer,  and  when  in  confinement?     (378) 

When  shall  a  soldier  be  placed  in  arrest,  and  when  in  confine- 
ment?   (378) 

What  may  be  done  with  any  other  person  subject  to  military  law 
charged  with  a  crime  or  with  a  serious  offense  under  the  Articles  of 
War?     (378) 

To  what  limits  is  a  person  placed  in  arrest  restricted?     (378) 

When  will  the  old  officer  of  the  day  release  all  garrison  prisoners 
whose  sentence  expires  that  day?     (379) 

What  action  is  taken  if  there  are  any  prisoners  with  no  record  of 
charges  against  them?     (379) 

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When  only  will  prisoners  be  placed  in  irons,  and  what  report  will 

be  made  when  such  action  is  taken?     (380) 

What  action  is  taken  when  a  prisoner  is  removed  from  irons?    (380) 
What  may  be  done  while  a  prisoner  is  being  transported  from  one 

post  to  another  or  from  a  post  to  a  penitentiary?     (380) 

When  will  a  general  prisoner  be  released  from. confinement?     (381) 
What  steps  will  be  taken  by  the  proper  officer  before  giving  such 

order?     (381) 

QUARTERMASTER   CORPS 

With  what  duty  is  the  Quartermaster  Corps  charged?     (382) 

What  does  it  furnish  and  supply?     (382) 

What  does  it  construct?     (382) 

What  instructions  does  it  give  and  what  funds  does  it  have 
charge  of?     (382) 

What  is  neglect  by  any  officer  or  soldier  to  take  proper  care  of 
rooms  or  furniture  used  by  him?     (383) 

What  is  done  in  case  of  damage?     (383) 

In  all  such  cases  under  this  regulation,  what  report  will  be  made 
by  the  commanding  officer?     (383) 

How  will  all  articles  of  heavy  furniture  be  marked,  assigned,  and 
considered?     (384) 

When  only  can  it  be  removed  therefrom?     (384) 

What  is  given  by  the  officer  to  whom  quarters  have  been  assigned, 
and  for  what  will  he  be  responsible?     (384) 

What  application  will  an  officer,  reporting  for  duty  at  a  post, 
make  immediately  upon  his  arrival?     (385) 

If  in  command  of  troops,  for  what  will  he  make  application?    (385) 

What  will  the  application  be  accompanied  by?     (385) 

With  what  will  each  officer  or  enlisted  man  entitled  to  and 
occupying  public  quarters  be  furnished  at  the  expense  of  the  United 
States?     (386) 

For  how  long  are  the  allowances  cumulative?     (386) 

When  shall  fuel  accounts  be  closed  and  excess  issues  paid  for? 
(386) 

Are  savings  in  allowances  transferable?     (386) 

When  will  commutation  be  paid  to  an  officer  or  enlisted  man?   (386) 

When  only  will  fuel  be  issued  or  sold  to  an  officer?    (387) 

What  is  forbidden  under  this  paragraph?     (387) 

What  must  be  done  with  any  portion  of  fuel  not  consumed  by 
officers  or  troops  when  the  quarterly  inventory  is  taken?     (388) 

How  shall  the  issue  of  stationery  for  all  military  purposes  be 
made?     (389) 

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Of  what  does  the  material  to  be  issued  consist?     (389) 

What  will  officers  approving  requisitions  enforce,  and  when  are 
issues  made?     (389) 

What  is  the  forage  ration  for  a  horse,  and  for  a  Field  Artillery 
horse  of  heavy  draft?     (390) 

What  may  be  issued  to  each  animal  in  lieu  of  grain?     (390) 

How  may  the  commanding  officer  vary  the  proportions  of  the 
components  of  the  ration?     (390) 

When  may  the  commanding  officer  reduce  the  forage  ration  and 
when  may  he  increase  it?     (391) 

What  number  of  forage  rations  are  furnished  to  a  mounted  officer? 
(392) 

When  does  this  allowance  continue?     (392) 

What  will  mounted  officers  not  use  when  drawing  forage  for  their 
own  mounts?     (393) 

Is  there  any  exception  to  the  above?     (393) 

How  only  will  they  use  public  animals?     (393) 

When  may  an  officer  be  temporarily  furnished  with  public  horses? 
(393) 

How  much  forage  may  an  officer  purchase,  and  how  much  will  he 
be  charged  for  it?     (394) 

What  may  an  officer  not  do  with  forage  issued  for  his  own  or  the 
public  animals  under  his  charge?     (395) 

When  and  how  much  straw  may  be  issued  as  bedding  for  troops? 
(396) 

What  quantity  of  hay  or  straw  may  be  issued  in  the  field  in  cases 
not  covered  above?     (396) 

What  will  be  furnished  as  far  as  practicable  to  each  prisoner  in  a 
post  guardhouse  and  prison  room?     (396) 

When  may  hay  be  issued  for  bedding?     (397) 

What  supplies  will  officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments 
be  furnished  with  by  the  quartermaster?     (398) 

What  is  given  by  such  commanding  officer  for  this  property?    (398) 

How  will  the  accountable  officer  bear  such  supplies?     (398) 

For  what  will  officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments 
temporarily    absent   from   posts    continue    to   be    responsible?      (399) 

What  supplies  will  be  removed  from  a  station  when  troops  change 
station?     (400) 

What  will  company  and  detachment  commanders  do  prior  to 
departure  from  a  station?     (400) 

What  will  be  given  for  such  supplies  as  must  accompany  troops? 
(400) 

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When  are  the  memorandum  receipts  returned?     (400) 

What  does  the  quartermaster  do  with  the  certificates?     (400) 

The  commanders  of  incoming  organizations  upon  arrival  will  make 
what  report  of  their  supplies?     (400) 

What  action  will  a  quartermaster  take  whenever  requested  to  take 
possession  of  property  by  an  officer,  noncommissioned  officer,  or  other 
person  in  the  military  service  who  is  detached  from  a  post  for  duty  in 
which  he  has  signed  a  memorandum  receipt?     (401) 

In  what  case  will  the  name  of  a  delinquent  officer  be  reported  to 
the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  Quartermaster  General?     (402)- 

When  may  the  officer's  pay  be  stopped  in  this  connection?     (402) 

What  may  the  accountable  officer  do?     (402) 

Where  and  under  what  rules  and  regulations  may  a  mounted 
officer  purchase  public  mounts?     (403) 

What  is  an  officer  not  permitted  to  do  after  he  has  purchased  a 
horse  from  the  Government?     (403) 

To  whom  may  he  sell  this  horse  and  at  what  price?     (403) 

How  will  the  use  of  public  horses  by  officers  be  regulated?     (404) 

Wrhat  officers  will  be  furnished  with  one  mount  by  the  Quarter- 
master Corps  in  case  they  do  not  elect,  to  provide  themselves  with 
suitable  private  mounts?     (404) 

How  will  such  public  mounts  ordinarily  be  assigned,  and  what  will 
be  furnished  them  at  Government  expense?     (404) 

What  is  furnished  authorized  private  mounts?     (404) 

Under  what  circumstances  will  the  post  commander  regulate  the 
use  of  public  mounts  actually  on  hand?     (404) 

In  changing  station  to  whom  will  the  authorized  allowance  of 
baggage  be  turned  over,  and  what  will  he  do  with  it?     (405) 

What  are  the  allowances  of  baggage  to  be  transported  at  public 
expense  in  the  field  or  temporary  change  of  station,  and  permanent 
change  of  station,  for  officers  from  a  second  lieutenant  to  a  field 
officer?     (405) 

What  will  invoices  of  household  goods  or  personal  effects  turned 
over  to  the  shipping  officer  be  accompanied  by?     (406) 

If  baggage  is  in  excess  of  the  authorized  allowances,  under  what 
conditions  is  it  shipped?     (406) 

In  all  cases  what  notation  will  bills  of  lading  covering  shipment 
of  baggage  carry?     (406) 

What  is  the  maximum  allowance  for  packing  and  crating,  exclusive 
of  professional  books  and  papers,  for  officers  from  a  second  lieutenant 
to  a  field  officer?    (406) 

What  must  the  maximum  tare  weight  not  exceed?     (406) 

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What  does  a  saving  in  the  tare  weight  effect?     (406) 

Why  should  burlap  and  excelsior  be  used  as  much  as  possible  and 
the  use  of  lumber  limited  as  much  as  possible?     (406) 

Should  the  owner  desire  lighter  pecking  or  crating  than  the  quar- 
termaster deems  sufficient,  when  only  will  it  be  used?     (406) 

What  will  orders  from  the  War  Department  show  regarding  the 
price  of  clothing  and  equipage?     (407) 

How  will  issue  be  made  when  clothing  is  required?     (408) 

In  either  case  what  will  the  soldier  make?     (408) 

How  may  the  original  and  duplicate  slips  be  used  for  this  purpose? 
(408) 

What  will  be  done  by  the  organization  commander  when  the  issue 
of  clothing  to  the  individual  soldier  is  desired?     (408) 

What  will  be  entered  thereon  by  the  organization  commander? 
(408) 

What  will  not  be  done  with  clothing  issued  to  the  individual  soldier 
and  removed  from  the  quartermaster's  storehouse?     (408) 

If  a  large  number  of  men  of  an  organization  are  to  draw  clothing, 
what  will  be  done  to  allow  preparation  for  issue?     (408) 

What  will  be  done  at  the  time  of  issue  by  the  quartermaster  or  his 
representative?     (408) 

What  will  be  done  by  the  quartermaster  or  his  representative 
before  the  soldier  signs  the  receipts?     (408) 

What  is  done  with  the  original  and  duplicate  slips?     (408) 

What  is  done  daily  with  the  original  slip?     (408) 

What  is  done  with  the  duplicate  after  it  has  been  returned  by  the 
quartermaster  to  the  organization  commander?     (408) 

When  will  the  organization  commander  compare  his  abstract  of 
clothing  drawn  with  the  quartermaster's  abstract  of  clothing  issued? 
(408) 

WThat  will  the  organization  commander  prepare  after  a  satisfactory 
settlement  of  all  differences?     (408) 

What  will  the  quartermaster  note  in  his  retained  copy?     (408) 

What  is  done  with  the  retained  copy  of  the  abstract  by  the  organi- 
zation commander?     (408) 

What  will  the  quartermaster  do  with  the  copy  of  abstract  signed 
by  the  organization  commander?     (408) 

When  clothing  is  desired  in  bulk,  what  will  the  organization 
commander  prepare?     (408) 

What  will  the  quartermaster  do  when  the  copies  of  the  requisition 
have  been  received  by  him?     (408) 

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When  will  the  organization  commander  sign  a  receipt  to  the  effect 
that  he  has  received  the  articles  enumerated  in  columns  "Issued"? 
(408) 

What  will  the  quartermaster  or  his  representative  issuing  the 
clothing  sign?     (408) 

What  is  done  with  one  copy  of  the  requisition  at  the  time  of  issue? 
(408) 

Who  issues  the  clothing  to  the  enlisted  men  and  when  is  this  done? 
(408) 

What  will  the  issuing  officer  do  at  the  time  of  issue?     (408) 

What  will  be  done  with  clothing  not  actually  issued  to  enlisted 
men?     (408) 

How  will  the  clothing  so  returned  be  entered  on  the  requisition? 
(408) 

What  statement  will  the  officer  sign  on  all  copies,  and  what  will 
the  quartermaster  or  his  representative  sign?     (408) 

What  will  be  done  on  all  copies  in  columns  "Returned  to  quarter- 
master" before  signing?     (408) 

What  will  be  entered  in  the  columns  "Net  Issued"?    (408) 

What  will  the  organization  commander  or  his  representative  sign  ■ 
on  the  copy  of  the  requisition  retained  by  the  organization?     (408) 

What  will  the  organization  commander  then  prepare  and  enter? 
(408) 

What  will  be  kept  filed  together  by  the  organization  commander? 
(408) 

What  will  the  quartermaster  do  with  the  copies  of  requisition? 
(408) 

By  whom  and  where  will  each  soldier's  clothing  account  be  kept? 
(409) 

What  will  this  account  show?     (409) 

How  will  gratuitous  issues  be  entered  and  from  what  will  their 
money  value  not  be  deducted?     (409) 

When  and  by  whom  will  the  clothing  account  of  every  enlisted 
man  be  settled?     (410) 

What  is  done  with  the  entire  amount  found  due  the  United  States? 
(410) 

Of  what  will  the  clothing  money  allowance  consist?     (411) 

What  is  the  initial  allowance  intended  to  cover?     (411) 

When  will  it  be  considered  that  the  soldier  has  earned  the  initial 
allowance?     (411) 

By  what  will  the  yearly  and  the  initial  allowance  be  determined? 
.(411) 

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How  much  of  the  initial  allowance  will  constitute  the  monthly 
share,  and  what  part  of  the  latter  will  constitute  the  daily  share  of  the 
initial  allowance  actually  accruing  to  the  soldier?     (411) 

With  what  will  a  soldier  be  credited  when  his  clothing  account  is 
opened  in  the  organization  to  which  he  has  been  assigned?     (411) 

With  what  will  he  be  credited  at  the  first  settlement  thereafter? 
(411) 

With  what  will  he  be  credited  at  each  succeeding  settlement?    (411) 

How  is  the  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  calculated  when  he  is 
separated  from  the  service  during  the  first  six  months  of  his  enlist- 
ment?    (412) 

What  precaution  must  be  observed  if  his  service  includes  a  June  30 
settlement?     (412) 

When  will  he  be  given  no  credit  for  clothing  not  drawn  in  kind? 
(412) 

How  will  this  be  determined?     (412) 

What  allowance  will  be  credited  from  date  of  enlistment  to  date  of 
separation  if  the  soldier  has  had  three  months'  and  three  days'  service? 
(412) 

What  deduction  will  not  be  made  from  the  initial  allowance?    (412) 

Should  the  clothing  charged  to  the  soldier  amount  to  less  than  this 
sum,  what  will  be  due  him?     (412) 

When  shall  the  final  account  of  such  soldier  show  indebtedness  to 
the  United  States  for  clothing  overdrawn?     (412) 

With  what  will  a  soldier  be  credited  in  the  settlement  of  his  cloth- 
ing account  if  he  is  separated  from  the  service  at  any  time  after  the 
expiration  of  the  first  six  months  of  an  enlistment?     (412) 

When  a  soldier  is  retained  in  the  service  after  the  expiration  of  his 
term  of  enlistment,  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government,  how  will 
his  clothing  allowance  be  credited?     (413) 

What  will  be  credited  upon  a  soldier's  clothing  account  at  the  date 
of  settlement?     (413) 

Is  it  placed  on  the  pay  rolls?     (413) 

Where  will  the  final  balance  due  him  at  date  of  discharge  be 
entered?     (413) 

How  and  to  what  date  should  the  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  who 
deserts  be  settled?     (414) 

Where  will  the  balance  due  him  or  due  the  United  States  be 
entered?     (414) 

How  is  this  balance  determined  where  the  desertion  occurs  within 
the  first  six  months  of  enlistment,  and  where  it  occurs  after  the  first 
six  months  of  enlistment?     (414) 

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When  is  a  soldier  in  desertion  or  absent  without  leave  entitled 
to  clothing  allowance?     (415) 

If  such  return  is  subsequent  to  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlist- 
ment, and  he  is  retained  in  the  service,  what  clothing  allowance  will 
he  be  entitled  to?     (415) 

Should  the  term  of  enlistment  expire  while  the  soldier  is  in  confine- 
ment, awaiting  trial  or  serving  sentence,  when  will  his  clothing  allow- 
ance cease,  and  when  will  it  again  accrue?     (415) 

From  what  tables  will  the  amount  due  the  soldier  be  obtained,  in 
the  foregoing  cases?     (415) 

What  is  done  with  the  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  against  whom 
a  charge  of  desertion  is  sustained  by  action  of  a  court-martial,  or  who  . 
is  restored  to  duty  without  trial  on  admitted  desertion?     (415) 

How  will  the  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  be  adjusted  who  is 
charged  with  desertion  and  the  charge  is  not  sustained  by  the  action 
of  a  court-martial,  or  in  whose  case  the  charge  is  removed  as  having 
been  erroneously  made?     (415) 

When  will  gratuitous  issues  of  field  clothing  be  made  to  troops? 
(416) 

Under  what  conditions  only  will  gratuitous  issues  be  made?     (416) 

Under  what  conditions  can  gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  be  made 
by  the  provisions  of  Section  1298,  Revised  Statutes?     (416) 

What  officers  may  purchase  clothing,  clothing  materials,  and  equi- 
page from  the  Quartermaster  Corps?     (417) 

What  must  they  certify  to  when  so  purchased?     (417) 

What  articles  of  clothing  intended  for  troops  will  officers'  servants 
be  permitted  to  wear,  and  when  only  can  these  be  purchased?     (418) 

What  supervision  will  commanding  officers  of  posts  and  of  all 
organizations  supplied  with  tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  exercise 
with  regard  to  it?     (419) 

What  is  done  in  case  any  such  articles  are  damaged,  broken, 
destroyed,  or  lost  through  carelessness  of  enlisted  men?     (419) 

What  amount  of  loss  through  breakage  of  china  and  glass  ware, 
not  due  to  carelessness,  may  be  replaced  at  public  expense?     (419) 

How  will  an  excess  of  breakage  be  replaced,  and  what  must 
requisitions  calling  for  such  excess  show?     (419) 

What  must  estimates  calling  for  articles  other  than  china  and  glass 
ware  show?     (419) 

What  will  be  the  allowance  of  corn  brooms,  scrubbing  brushes  and 
mops  in  the  following  cases:  Organizations  having  an  authorized 
maximum  strength  of  100  enlisted  men  or  over;  of  less  than  100 
enlisted  men  and  over  60;  of  60  men  or  less;  each  noncommissioned 

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officer  entitled  to  a  room  as  quarters;  for  each  room  occupied  as 
quarters  by  other  enlisted  men  entitled  to  a  room  as  quarters;  post 
bakery;  each  city  recruiting  station;  casemates,  storerooms,  and  load- 
ing rooms;  each  troop  of  Cavalry  for  cleaning  grain  and  saddle 
rooms;  each  battery  of  Field  Artillery  for  cleaning  grain  and  saddle 
rooms  and  gun  sheds,  and  for  each  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  band 
(mounted)  for  the  same  purpose?    (420) 

What  must  be  certified  to  by  the  officer  commanding  the  organi- 
zation or  in  charge  of  the  office  or  building?     (420) 

What  must  the  commanding  officer  do  in  this  connection?     (420) 
When  will  these  articles  be  habitually  drawn?     (420) 
Can  credit  be  given  in  another  quarter  for  those  not  drawn  in  one 
quarter?    (420) 

What  allowances  of  lye  and  sapolio  may  be  issued  to  each  company 
per  month?     (421) 

Upon  what  is  the  use  of  concentrated  lye  forbidden?     (421) 
When  only  will  the  telegraph  and  cable  be  used?     (422) 
When  will  day  telegrams  not  be  sent?     (422) 

Except  in  what  cases  will  night  telegrams  not  be  sent  when  the 
delivery  can  be  made  by  mail  the  following  morning?     (422) 
How  will  night  telegrams  be  indicated?     (422) 

What  consolidation  should  be  effected  whenever  practical?     (422) 
What  blanks  will  be  used  when  practical  in  sending  official  tele- 
grams ?    (423) 

What  exception  is  there  to  the  above?     (423) 

How  will  these  telegrams  and  commercial  blanks,  if  used  officially, 
be  marked?     (423) 

What  telegrams  will  not  be  sent  or  paid  for  as  public  dispatches? 
(424) 

How  should  telegrams  and  cablegrams  be  condensed  in  framing? 
(425) 

What  is  the  limit  of  words?     (425) 
What  name  or  title  is  generally  sufficient?     (425) 
What  kind  of  expressions  will  be  omitted?     (425) 
What  telegrams  need  not  be  coded  or  enciphered?     (425) 
What  is  a  ration?     (426) 

Define  the  different  kinds  of  rations  and  for  what  is  each  intended? 
(427-432) 

What  are  the  components  of  the  various  rations?     (427-432) 
What  are  the  regulations  regarding  the  use  of  the  reserve  ration? 
(429) 

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When  only  will  the  emergency  ration  be  opened  and  for  what  are 
company  and  detachment  commanders  responsible  in  regard  to  this 
ration?    (432) 

Who  signs  the  ration  returns  for  troops  and  applicants  for  enlist- 
ment when  held  under  observation?     (433) 

Who  approves  these  ration  returns?     (433) 

What  is  done  with  the  ration  returns  after  their  approval  by  the 
commanding  officer?     (433) 

Single  ration  returns  submitted  for  organizations  will  include  (and 
embrace)  what  persons?     (433) 

What  can  you  say  as  to  individual  "ration  and  savings  accounts" 
for  enlisted  men  and  civilian  employees  permitted  to  mess  separately? 
(433) 

Who  is  required  to  personally  verify  the  additions  and  deductions 
of  rations  on  the  returns?     (433) 

What  will  the  approving  authority  cause  to  be  done  before 
approving  such  returns?     (433) 

In  the  field,  during  active  operations,  how  may  company  officers  be 
included  in  the  ration  returns  of  the  organization  to  which  they 
belong?    (433) 

How  may  field  and  staff  officers  who  do  not  belong  to  organizations 
having  messes  be  carried  on  the  ration  returns  of  organizations? 
(433) 

Who  designates  such  organizations?     (433) 

How  will  the  Government  be  reimbursed  for  rations  so  issued  for 
officers'  use?     (433) 

When  any  considerable  detachment  of  enlisted  men  leaves  a  post, 
with  what  certificate  will  the  detachment  commander  be  furnished  by 
the  quartermaster?     (434) 

What  data  will  this  certificate  contain?     (434) 

What  does  the  detachment  commander  do  with  this  certificate? 
(434) 

Where  civilian  employees  entitled  to  rations  are  detached,  with 
what  are  they  furnished?     (434) 

What  is  done  when  a  person  entitled  to  rations  leaves  an  organi- 
zation, as  to  rations  allowed  for  him  beyond  the  date  of  his  leaving 
and  not  taken  with  him?     (435) 

What  extra  issues  are  authorized  when  necessary  for  the  public 
service?     (436) 

On  what  requisitions  are  vinegar  and  rock  salt  included?     (436) 

On  what  returns  will  requisitions  for  extra  issues  be  made?     (436) 

What  are  the  duties  of  the  commanding  officer  in  this  regard?   (436) 

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For  what  purposes  may  the  following  articles  be  issued:  Flour; 
towels?     (436) 

When  may  candles  be  issued?     (436) 

Who  retains  all  articles  of  the  garrison,  travel  or  Filipino  ration 
due  a  company?     (437) 

What  credit  is  given  the  company,  and  on  what  basis  of  valuation? 
(437) 

When  the  value  of  the  stores  so  retained  are  in  excess  of  those 
purchased,  what  is  done?     (437) 

How  may  such  savings  be  used?     (437) 

How  is  the  daily  issue  of  rations  made  when  on  the  march  in  time 
of  peace?     (437) 

Who  prescribes  the  ration  to  be  issued  to  troops  on  the  march  in 
time  of  peace,  and  what  allowances  will  it  not  exceed?     (437) 

In  time  of  peace,  when  will  the  ration  savings  principle  be  sus- 
pended?    (437) 

Who  may  allow  the  savings  principle  on  certain  specified  articles 
of  the  ration?     (437) 

When  troops  arrive  at  mobilization  or  concentration  camps,  what 
takes  the  place  of  the  saving  privilege?     (437) 

When  also  will  this  same  restriction  apply?     (437) 

Who  designates  the  periods  for  which  ration  returns  are  to  be  sub- 
mitted?    (437) 

What  does  the  quartermaster  do  immediately  upon  receipt  of  a 
ration  return  duly  signed  and  approved?     (437) 

How  will  the  stores  required  be  obtained  by  the  organization? 
(437) 

When  and  how  will  settlement  be  made  with  the  quartermaster 
by  the  organization  commander?     (437) 

When  may  articles  of  the  ration  be  purchased  from  sources  other 
than  the  quartermaster?    (437) 

When  and  how  are  officers  on  the  active  list,  and  retired  officers 
assigned  to  active  duty  entitling  them  to  active  pay  or  allowances, 
paid?     (438) 

Who  pays  an  officer  of  the  Army?    (439) 

Under  what  circumstances  may  an  officer  be  paid  by  one  quarter- 
master one  month,  and  by  another  quartermaster  the  following- 
month?     (439) 

When  may  an  officer  forward  his  pay  account  to  a  quartermaster? 
(440) 

How  may  the  amount  due  the  officer  be  deposited  to  his  credit  with 
a  bank?     (440) 

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What  are  the  regulations  regarding  an  officer's  hypothecating  and 
transferring  an  account  not  actually  due?     (440) 

What  form  of  indorsement  is  strictly  to  be  observed  in  transferring 
an  account  that  is  due?     (440) 

What  must  an  officer  do  when  he  transfers  his  account?     (440) 

When  may  a  transferred  account  be  paid  outside  the  department  in 
which  the  officer  is  regularly  paid?     (440) 

What  must  the  officer  do  in  such  a  case?     (440) 

What  duty  devolves  upon  the  department  quartermaster  of  the 
department  in  which  he  is  usually  paid?     (440) 

In  what  way  may  an  officer  about  to  embark  for  service  beyond  the 
sea  make  provision  for  himself  or  his  family  in  the  United  States? 
(441) 

Where  does  he  send  such  full  monthly  accounts  (pay  vouchers) 
so  indorsed?     (441) 

What  does  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C,  do  upon 
receipt  of  these  monthly  accounts   (pay  vouchers)?     (441) 

What  may  show  a  bar  to  payment?     (441) 

When  the  officer  is  under  orders  to  proceed  to  Alaska,  the  Canal 
Zone,  or  for  service  with  an  independent  brigade  or  division,  where 
will  the  notification  be  sent?     (441) 

How  may  an  officer  already  serving  beyond  the  sea  have  his 
accounts  paid  as  described?     (441) 

What  record  will  department  and  other  quartermasters  through 
whom  accounts  are  sent  to  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington, 
D.  C,  make  of  accounts  so  forwarded?     (441) 

What  are  the  requirements  necessary  to  entitle  an  officer  to  receive 
additional  pay  for  exercising  command  above  that  pertaining  to  his 
grade?     (442) 

What  must  be  filed  with  the  quartermaster  in  order  that  an  officer 
may  draw  additional  pay  for  exercising  command  above  that  pertain- 
ing to  his  grade?     (442) 

What  officers  will  be  furnished  with  a  proper  mount  by  the 
Quartermaster  Corps?     (443) 

When  an  officer  below  the  grade  of  major,  required  to  be  mounted, 
provides  his  own  suitable  mount  or  mounts,  what  compensation  does 
he  receive  from  the  Government?     (443) 

What  certificate  must  an  officer  claiming  additional  pay  for  provid- 
ing his  own  mount  make?     (443) 

What  must  accompany  the  first  vouchers  of  an  officer  only  tem- 
porarily mounted  who  claims  additional  pay  for  owning  his  mount? 
(443) 

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What  will  be  the  evidence  upon  which  quartermasters  will  base 
their  payments  of  additional  pay  for  mounts?     (443) 
When  are  officers  entitled  to  mileage?     (444-a) 
What  is  the  rate  allowed?     (444-a) 
How  are  distances  computed?     (444-a) 
When  are  officers  entitled  to  actual  expenses?     (444-b) 
What  are  the  allowances  for: 
Steamer   chairs?     (444-b) 
Fees  to  cabin  and  other  stewards: 

On  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  six  days   or  less; 
On  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  seven  to  ten  days; 
On  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  eleven  to  fifteen  days; 
On  the  Pacific  Ocean;  fifteen  days  or  less; 
To  the  West  Indies; 
To  Cuba; 

To  Panama?     (444-b) 
When  an  officer,  upon  application,  is  furnished  with  transportation 
by  the  quartermaster,  what  rate  of  mileage  is  he  allowed?     (444-c) 

When  is  a  commissioned  officer  entitled  to  commutation  of  quar- 
ters?   (445) 

When  may  an  enlisted  man  be  allowed  to  allot  such  portion  of  his 
pay  as  he  may  desire?    (446) 

What    restrictions    are    placed    on    soldiers    serving    within    the 
boundaries  of  the  United  States  as  to  allotments?     (446) 
In  what  cases  does  the  allotment  cease?     (446) 

In  such  cases  what  report  is  made  by  the  immediate  commanding 
officer?    (446) 

What  notification  will  be  sent  by  the  department  commanders  in 
the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  except  in  the  case  of  deaths 
which  are  otherwise  reported?     (446) 

Who  will  at  once  notify  the  Quartermaster  General?     (446) 
Why  will  the  stoppage  of  pay  to   meet  the   allotment  take   pre- 
cedence of  the  forfeiture  in  case  of  forfeiture  by  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial?     (446) 

What  action  is  taken  when  the  forfeiture  is  such  that  possibly  it 
can  not  be  stopped  in  full  prior  to  the  discharge  of  the  soldier  if  the 
allotment  is  continued?     (446) 

In  what  other  cases  will  similar  action  be  taken?     (446) 
Of  what  will  the  Quartermaster  General  notify  a  soldier's  immedi- 
ate  commanding  officer  when   an   allotment  has   been   discontinued? 
(446) 

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How  long  will  the  stoppage  of  pay  to  meet  the  allotment  be  con- 
tinued, and  with  what  will  the  soldier  be  credited  on  the  next  roll? 
(446) 

What  enlisted  man  may  deposit  his  savings  with  the  quarter- 
master?    (447) 

What  is  the  minimum  deposit?     (447) 

When  does  the  soldier  regain  possession  of  the  money  deposited? 
(447) 

With  what  is  the  depositor  furnished?    (447) 

Who  signs  the  certificate?     (447) 

What  does  this  certificate  show?     (447) 

What  are  the  regulations  regarding  the  transfer,  pledge  or  sale  of  a 
deposit  book?     (447) 

What  record  of  deposit  made  by  the  soldier  will  be  kept  by  each 
company  or  detachment  commander?     (447) 

What  will  such  commanders  do  after  each  regular  payment?     (447) 

What  will  each  report  be  restricted  to  and  only  include?     (447) 

What  will  be  done  with  these  lists  before  transmittal?     (447) 

What  action  is  taken  should  a  soldier  who  has  made  a  deposit  be 
transferred  or  desert?     (447) 

There  is  no  objection  to  deposits  being  made  by  what  men?     (447) 

What  interest  is  allowed  on  deposits?     (448) 

When  are  men  who  require  medical  attention  habitually  conducted 
to  the  hospital  or  infirmary?     (449) 

Who  conducts  them?     (449) 

Wherein  are  the  names  of  the  sick  entered?     (449) 

What  does  the  noncommissioned  officer  do  with  the  sick  report 
book?     (449) 

What  does  the  medical  officer  do?    (449) 

What  does  the  medical  officer  enter  in  the  sick  report  book?     (449) 

From  what  supply  department  may  an  officer  or  contract  surgeon 
purchase  the  service  arms,  ammunition,  accouterments  and  horse 
equipments  required  for  his  own  use  in  the  public  service?     (450) 

What  restrictions  are  placed  on  the  disposal  of  ordnance  supplies? 
(450) 

How  may  necessary  repairs  to  the  service  arms  and  equipments 
of  an  officer  or  contract  surgeon  be  made?     (450) 

What  certificate  will  be  furnished  upon  purchasing  supplies  or 
having  repairs  made?     (450) 

What  officers  will  be  furnished  with  horse  equipments  by  the 
Ordnance  Department?     (451) 

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Where  will  the  authorized  number  of  sets  of  these  equipments  be 
kept  on  hand?     (451) 

How  do  officers  who  are  entitled  to  receive  horse  equipments  "but 
are  not  serving  with  such  an  organization,  obtain  their  horse  equip- 
ments?    (451) 

How  is  the  issue  made  at  posts?     (451) 

How  is  the  issue  made  when  such  officers  are  not  serving  at  posts? 
(451) 

When,  how,  and  to  whom  will  the  horse  equipments  issued  to 
officers  not  serving  at  posts  be  accounted  for?     (451) 

What  ordnance  supplies  may  officers  serving  with  troops  draw 
from  the  stores  belonging  to  the  command,  with  which  they  are 
serving?     (452) 

When  may  this  ordnance  property  be  used?     (452) 

What  accounting  will  be  made  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance?     (452) 

When  may  ordnance  property  in  the  hands  of  troops  be  presented 
for  condemnation?     (453) 

What  requisitions  are  required  to  be  made  by  the  proper  post  or 
other  ordnance  supply  officers  on  the  Ordnance  Department?     (453) 


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INDEX 


Par.   No. 
Absence    without    leave,    forfeiture    of 
pay    and    allowances    and    making 

good  time  lost   56 

Abstract  questions  not  to  be  an- 
swered     325 

ACCOUNTABILITY: 

Not  to  be  tranferred  to  enlisted  men  281 

Pecuniary     241 

Property     245 

See,    "Property    accountability    and 
responsibility." 

Accounts,    money    243 

Aero   squadron   council    143 

Affidavits  and  certificates  to  accom- 
pany return  in  case  of  expenditure, 
loss  or  destruction  of  property   ..284 

Allotments     .  . .'. 446 

Allowances,    clothing    411 

Ammunition  may  be  drawn  by  officers 

serving  with   troops    452 

APPLICATION  FOR: 

Official    opinions    325 

Quarters     385 

Appointment  and  promotion  of  offi- 
cers        25 

Apprehension  or  surrender  of  deserter 
at  post  other  than  station  of  com- 
pany        54 

Arms  not  to  be  taken  apart;  polishing 

of  parts,  etc 124-127 

Arms  to  be  kept  in  racks   117 

ARMY  REGULATIONS: 

How    to   learn    2 

Importance   of  knowing    1 

Arrears    of   pay   and   proceeds    of   sale 

in  case  of  death,  application  for  80-b 
ARREST: 

Officer  in  arrest  to  remain  in  tent  or 

quarters      369 

Officers    in,    not    to    exercise    com- 
mand, nor  wear  saber, 371 

Officers     not     placed     in,     for     light 

offenses     370 

Of  soldier,  to  be  reported  promptly 

to  his  organization  commander  376 
Only  commanding  officer  can  place 

officers    in    arrest    368 

On  march,  those  in,   march  in   rear 

of    their    organizations     372 

Report    in    case    of    officer's    arrest 

without    charges    370 

When  officers  and  soldiers  are  to  be 

placed  in  arrest  or  confinement  378 
See,    "Confinement." 

Authority,   exercise  of   5 

"Awaiting  result  of  trial"    373 

"Awaiting  trial"    373 

B 
BAGGAGE: 

Crating  and   transportation    405 

Transportation    and    crating    allow- 
ance     406 


Par.   No. 
BATTALION: 

Certain      correspondence      to      pass 

through     battalion     commander  91 
Commander     responsible     for     con- 
dition  of  battalion    90 

Not   administrative    unit 88 

Regulations      governing      battalions 

not  organized  into  regiments   .  .    89 

Staff    95;   96 

Battery.      See,    "Company." 

Blank  discharges  and  final  statements, 

where  kept  and  how  used 72 

BOARD: 

Discharge  because  inaptitude,  physi- 
cal    or     moral     disqualification 

due   to  misconduct,   etc 71 

In  case  of  death  of  soldier   79 

Reenlistment   of   soldier   not   recom- 
mended   by    company    commander  70 
Books   issued   company,    responsibility 

for     123 

Books   of  record,   reports   and  papers, 

company    113;    114 

Branding  property    262 

Buglers,    appointment    and    reduction    111 


Cable    to    be    used    only    in    case    of 

urgency    422 

CALLS: 

Service    172-177 

See,    "Calls,"    under    "Honors    and 
salutes." 

Call   to   quarters    174 

Candles     436 

Captains,  detaching  to  be  limited  ....   98 

Captured   property,    returns    351 

Censure    or   praise,    deliberations    con- 
veying           9 

Ceremonies     232-237 

Certificate   of   disability,    discharge   on  77 
Certificates    and    affidavits    to    accom- 
pany  return    in    case    of    expendi- 
ture, loss  or  destruction  of  prop- 
erty      284 

Chiefs    or   squads,    responsibility    ....120 
Claims    against    Government,    persons 
in  military  service  not  to  furnish 

information      356 

Cleaning  material    128 

Cleanliness  of  men    118 

CLOTHING: 
Account : 

Keeping   of    409 

Settlement 410 

Settlement  in  case  of  desertion  ..414 
Allowances : 

Balance  due  soldier  upon  separa- 
tion from   service    413 

Calculation  upon  separation  from 

service     .412 

Initial   and   yearly    411 

Of  soldier  in  desertion  or  absent 
without  leave    415 


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Par.  No. 
CLOTHING  (Contd.) 

Gratuitous    issues    416 

Issues  to  soldiers    408 

Purchase     of,     from     Quartermaster 

Corps      ....417 

Wearing  by  officers'   servants    418 

Clothing  and  equipage,  price 407 

Colored   ink,    use   prohibited    354 

Colors,   the,   saluting    201 

COMMAND: 

Appropriate  to  grades   16 

Exercise    of    by    medical    and    staff 

officers     23 

How    exercised    15 

Officers  in  temporary,  not  to  change 

orders     19 

Of    troops,    not    to    be    assumed    by 

certain    officers    22 

COMMANDING    OFFICER: 

Responsible  for  prompt  rendition  of 

returns,  etc.,  of  command    ....306 
To     enforce     economy     and     guard 

public  interests .308 

To  scrutinize  estimates  and  requisi- 
tions     307 

COMMUNICATIONS : 

Expression  of  opinion  to  be  in- 
dorsed on  all  forwarded 323 

From  officers  in  post  to  pass 
through    post    commander    ....322 

Signing 317 

To   be    addressed    to    The    Adjutant 

General     319 

To  pass  through  intermediate  com- 
manders      ,.  320 

Trivial,   need  not  be  forwarded    ...326 
With    those    under    one's    command 

and  those  who  are  not    324 

Commutation  of  quarters    445 

COMPANY: 

Appointment      of      cooks,      farjiers, 

mechanics,   etc Ill 

Assigning  officer  to  command  in 
case  absence  all  company  offi- 
cers      101 

Books  of  record,  reports  and  papers 

113;    114 

Buglers,  appointment  and  reduction  111 
Captains,  detaching  to  be  limited  .  .   98 
Care  of  kitchens,  rations,  and  cook- 
ing  utensils    133 

Clothing.     See,  "Clothing." 
Command  devolves  on  next  in  rank 

in  captain's  absence 100 

Commander    responsible   for : 

Company    property    249-251 

Instruction,     administration,     etc.  99 

"Company,"    defined     17 

Cooks : 

Appointment    and    reduction    ....111 

Payment  of,  from  company  fund  156 

Corn  brooms    420 

Council    139;    142 

Duty    roster    114-a 

Farriers,  appointment  and  reduction 

Ill 

Fund: 

Company  commander,   custodian   155 
Disbursed  for  benefit  of  company  154 


Par.  No. 
COMPANY   (Contd.): 

Not  to  be  taken  away  from  post 

of   organization    152 

Payment  of  cooks   156 

Projects       from       which       money 

accrues    151;    154 

Purchase     of     articles     obtainable 
on     requisition     from     supply 

departments    forbidden     150 

Horseshoers,         appointment         and 

reduction     Ill 

Interior  economy : 
Arms : 

Kept  in  racks 117 

Not  to  be  taken  apart;   polish- 
ing of  parts,  etc 124-127 

Care     of     kitchens,     rations     and 

cooking   utensils    133 

Chiefs    of    squads,    responsibility    120 

Cleaning  material    128 

Cleanliness    of   men    118 

Division  of  company  into  squads  116 
Field     range,     garr,isoh     use     for- 
bidden      132 

Food    of   prisoners    136 

Kitchen  and  table  ware    137 

Marking    property     129 

Mess    130;    131 

Mess  furniture   137  ;   138 

Names  attached  to  bunks 117 

Police  of  barracks  or  tents  118;  119 
Property  in  possession  of  men  ..122 
Responsibility     for    books     issued 

company     . 123 

Soldiers  to  wear  uniform    121 

Supervision  of  soldier's  fare    ....134 

Table  ware    137 

Unloading  pieces  when  not  in  use  126 
Weekly    Saturday    inspections     ..115 

Lieutenants  to  assist  in  work 102 

Loss  of  company  fund 149 

Lye     421 

Manual  for  Army   Cooks    135 

Mechanics,   appointment   and   reduc- 
tion      Ill 

Mess   130;  131 

Monthly    returns     346 

Mops     ...420 

Morning  repor.t    113(a) 

Noncommissioned    officers : 

Appointment     104 

Lance    corporals    105 

Reduction     109;     110 

Selection,  instruction,  etc 103 

Selection  of  first  sergeant,  supply 
sergeant,   stable   sergeant    ...106 

Warrants    107 

When  appointment  becomes  effec- 
tive     108 

Privates,  1st  class,  appointment  and 

reduction     HI 

Quarterly     settlement     of     property 

held    on   memorandum    receipt    114 
Reduction       of       cooks,       farriers, 

mechanics,    etc Ill 

Saddlers,     appointment     and     reduc- 
tion      Ill 

Sapolio    421 


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Par.  No. 
COMPANY   (Contd.): 

Scrubbing   brushes    420 

Tableware    and    kitchen    utensils    .  .419 

Tailor     112 

Wagoners,    appointment    and    reduc- 
tion      Ill 

Warrants,  N.   C.  0 107 

Condemnation  of  property .365 

Conduct    of   superiors    towards    subor- 
dinates          6 

CONFINEMENT: 

Delegation      to      N.      C.      O.s      of 

authority  to  confine  soldiers    ..375 
Designations,        "awaiting        trial," 

"awaiting  result  of  trial,"  etc.  3/3 
General    prisoners    released   only   by 
order  of  commanding  officer   ..381 

Noncommissioned    officers    374 

Officer     of     the      Day     releasing 

garrison    prisoners    379 

Of  soldier,  to  be  reported  promptly 

to  his  organization   376 

Placing  prisoners  in  irons    380 

Segregation  of  prisoners    377 

Soldiers     ordinarily     confined     only 

by  order  of  officers    375 

See,    "Arrest." 
Conviction  by  court-martial  for  losing 

or  damaging  property   285 

Cooking  utensils,  care  of   133 

COOKS: 

Appointment  and  reduction   Ill 

Payment  of,  from  company  funds  ..156 
Corn   brooms    420 

CORRESPONDENCE: 

Abstract    questions    not    to    be    an- 
swered      325 

Addressing  officers  by  actual  rank  318 
All  correspondence  to  be  courteous 

in    tone    327 

Application   for    official    opinions    ..325 
Communicating     with     those     under 
one's    command   and   those   who 

are    not    324 

Communications : 

Confidential     315 

From     officers     in     post,     to     pass 

through  post  commander    ...322 
To  be  addressed  to  The  Adjutant 

General     319 

To     pass     through     intermediate 

commanders    320 

Expression  of  opinion  to  be  indorsed 

on  all  papers  forwarded    323 

Inclosur.es,  numbering  and  marking 

312(9) 

Indorsements : 

Form     312(11) 

Routine  indorsements  signed  with 

initials     312(14) 

Letters : 

Body     312(2) 

Brief     312(7) 

Carbon     copies      of     letters     and 

indorsements 312(16) 

Folding    312(8) 

Heading     312(1) 


Par.  No. 
CORRESPONDENCE   (Contd.)  : 
Letters    (contd.)  : 

Number     312(1) 

Number  pages    312(15) 

Office    marks    312(6) 

Of  transmittal    310 

Refer  to  one  subject  only   309 

Signature     312(3) 

Subject     312(1) 

Use  of  only  one  side  of  sheet  312(5) 
Passing  through  battalion  comman- 
der     91 

Post  office  address   314 

Signing    communications     317 

Telegrams : 

Copies  by  mail   in  certain   cases   311 

To  be  carefully  guarded   316 

Unimportant    communications    need 

not   be   forwarded    326 

COUNCILS   OF   ADMINISTRATION: 

Aero  squadron   council    143 

Company    council    142 

Formal   convening  order  not  neces- 
sary      145 

General  mess  council   140 

Hospital    fund    144 

Laundry  and  tailoring  charges  fixed 
by  post   exchange   council    ....147 

Loss   of   funds    149 

Post  exchange  council 141 ;  147 

Proceedings     146 

Responsibility   for   unauthorized   ex- 
penditures     148 

Supervision  over  various  funds   ....139 
Courtesy.  See,  "Honors  and  Salutes"; 

"Military   Courtesy." 
Cover  only  part  of  Army  administra- 
tion          3 

Crating  effects   405  ;  406 


DAMAGE   TO    PROPERTY: 

Court-martial    conviction    285 

Transit,    survey    302 

Damage  to  rooms  or  furniture   383 

Debts      of      deceased      soldier's,      not 

authority  for  officers  to  pay   ....   80 
DECEASED    SOLDIERS: 

Accounts     of     deceased     settled     by 

Auditor  for  War   Department   80-c 
Application   for   arrears    of   pay    .  ,80-b 

Board  of  officers   79 

Depositing     proceeds      of     sale      of 
effects  with  quartermaster   ....   80 

Inventory    of   effects    79 

Notifying  nearest   relative    78 

Order  of  distribution   of  effects    ..80-c 

Reports     79 

Shipment  of  remains    81 

Statement    of    proceeds,    to    accom- 
pany   quartermaster's    receipt   80-A 
Deference  to  superiors  to  be  shown  at 

all   times    223 

Delays  in  reporting  for  duty 41 

Deliberations    amongst    military    men     9 

Deposits    447;    448 

Descriptive   list    (now   called    "Service 
Record")    43;  44 


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Par.  No. 
DESERTERS: 

Apprehension    or    delivery    at    post 
other   than   station   of   company  54 

Descriptive    lists    49 

Desertion     from,     or     reception     of 
deserter     at,     post     other    -than 

station   of   company    51 

Effects    abandoned    48 

Forfeiture    of    pay    and    allowances 

and  making  good  time  lost 56 

Notification  to  Adjutant  General    .  .    50 
Prompt     trial ;     not     to     be     paid ; 

clothes    worn 55 

Property  lost 47 

Reward   for  apprehension 52 

Surrender   or   delivery    at   recruiting 

station    53 

Desertion  survey  of  property    273 

Detached  soldiers    43  ;   44 

Detaching  of  captains  to  be  limited  .  .   98 
Detachments  (detached  service)    167;   171 
Disability,    discharge   on   certificate   of  77 
DISCHARGE  AND   FINAL   STATE- 
MENTS: 
Application    for    discharge    in    case 
being  in  hands  civil  authorities, 
not       accompanied       by      court 

transcripts     66 

Blank    discharges    and    final    state- 
ments,    where     kept     and     how 

used     72 

Character    on    discharge    certificate 

by  company  commander 69 

Date   discharge    takes    effect    64 

Discharge : 

Because     inaptitude,     physical     or 
moral  disqualifications  due  to 

misconduct,    etc 71 

By  purchase   65 

Certificate     to     be     given     upon 

discharge     67 

Certificates    not    to    be    in    dupli- 
cate ;  action  in  case  of  loss  .  .   73 

On   certificate   of   disability    77 

Takes  effect  on  date  of  notice  to 

soldier     74 

While    serving    sentence    or    wait- 
ing trial  or  result  of  trial    . .    76 
Final   statement : 

In  case  of  death    79 

To    be    given    soldier    upon    dis- 
charge        61 

Notation  on : 

Discharge  and  final  statements  in 
case  of  discharge  prior  to 
expiration  of  term  of  service  63 
Discharge  when  retained  in  ser- 
vice beyond  term  of  enlist- 
ment     . .  •■  68 

Final   statement  in   case  retention 
in  service  to  make  good  time 

lost      62 

Notification     of     discharge     when 

furnished   quartermaster    ....   75 
Ways    soldier    can    be    discharged  60 
When     reenlistment     not     recom- 
mended,    at     least     30     days' 
notice  to  be  given  soldier    . .   70 
Discipline    4 


Par.  No. 
Discrepancy    of    property,    in    transit, 

survey     302 

Duties    devolving    upon    officer    acting 

in  place  of  another   18 

Duty  roster  to  be  kept  in  company  114-a 


Economy,  C.  O.  to  exercise 308 

Effects  of  deceased  persons,  disposi- 
tion      80 

Efficiency   reports    360 

Emergency  ration   432 

Enlisted  men,  treatment   7 

Envelopes,    See,     "Penalty    envelopes." 

Equipment  company,  marking 129 

Errors    in    accounts 244 

Escort  not  commanded  by  officer 
directing  expedition  or  recon- 
naissance    24 

Estimates      and      requisitions      to     be 

scrutinized  by   C.   0 307 

Estimates,      C.      O.     responsible     for 

prompt    rendition    306 

Eulogizing  living  officers  in  orders   .  .336 
Examinations   of   returns   by  chiefs   of 

bureau    288  ;    289 

Expedition,    officer    directing,    not    in 

charge  of  escort    24 

Expenses,    actual,    traveling    38 

Extra  and  special  duty  men   82-a 


Failure  to  take  proper  care  of  rooms 

or   furniture    383  . 

Farriers,   appointment   and   reduction    111 
FIELD: 

Orders      i 330 

Range,    garrison    use    forbidden     ..132 

Ration     430 

Files   of   orders   to   be  kept    340 

Filipino    ration     431 

Final   statements.      See,    "Discharge 
and    final    statements." 
First  class  privates,  appointments  and 

reductions    Ill 

First  sergeant,   selection  of    106 

Flag,  hoisting  at  reveille  and  lowering 

at   retreat    234 

Flour  for  paste,  for  target  practice   ..436 

Food  for  prisoners    136 

FORAGE: 

Any   officer  may   purchase    394 

C.     O.     may     increase     or    decrease 

ration      391 

Drawing    forage    for    private,    while 

using  public  mounts  prohibited  393 

For  authorized   mounts    392 

Not   to  be  used   or  disposed   of  for 
any    other   purpose    except    that 

for  which  issued    395 

Ration     390 

Forfeiture     of     pay     and     allowances 

while  absent  without  leave    56 

FUEL: 

Allowance      386 

Issued    or    sold    officers    is    for    per- 
sonal   use    . . 387 

Unused   portion   issued   to   be   taken 
up  by  accounting  officer 388 


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Par.  No.  Par.  No. 

Functions      devolving      upon      officer  HONORS    AND    SALUTES    (Contd.) 

acting  in  place  of  another   18  Riding  on  left  of  senior    224 

FUNDS:  Salutes  to  General  officers   217 

Regimental,  company  and  mess  150-156  Salutes  with  cannon   212-214 

See    "Mess    funds,"    and    "Funds,"  Saluting: 

under,    "Regiment"    and    "Com-  Before  addressing  officer  and  after 

pany."  receiving    reply    190 

Furloughs    45  By    commanders    of    detachments 

FURNITURE:  204;    205 

Damage   to    383  By  sentinels    202 

Permanent   in   quarters    384  By  troops  at  drill,  on  march  and 

on  service   of  security    206 

G  By  troops  under  arms 203 

Garrison   prisoners,    defined    373  Commanding  officer                             183 

Garrison  ration  427  Commands  saluting  while  Nation- 
General  mess  131  *J  Anthem  is  played  at  cere- 
General  mess  council   140                 T       ™°™es   , f"° 

General  Noncommissioned   Staff    42  Jn   civihan  dress    192 

GENERAL  ORDERS:  \n  notary  manner 193 

Definition                                                     328  *n  Pu°hc  conveyances  and  places  191 

Nature  and  'scope  ' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .'  .' .'  .' .' .' !  .*331  National  or  regimental  color  ....  179 

General  prisoner,,   defined    373  None     at     double     time,     trot     or 

General   prisoners    released   from    con-  ._      gallop 18z 

finement  only  by  order  of  C.   O.   381  gone  by  soldiers   at  work    ..    ...189 

GUARDS'  None  on  marches  or  in  trenches  181 

Article    for    police    and    guard    pur-  Saluting   distance 197 

poses     239;  240  p^eral  officers  together 194 

Guide  in  guard  duty    238  Soldiers  pay  same  compliments. to 

officers      of      Navy,      Marine 

H  Corps,    etc 211 

,T       .         jr.    jj-  ,n,  The   Colors    201 

HONORS    AND    SAlVtES  • "To  the   Color"   at   retreat    234 

HONORS    AND    SALUTES.  „To    the    Colorj»    saiuting    when 

A    >  a-       r>«;  played   200;  208 

On  Commanding  O^wr^.;^...^  Upo£  £eetingf  passingf  or  being 

On  ^r^J-f^/°S^derS    * "  '??i  Whenddcommand'  'is'  ' brought' '  to^ 

Un  newly  arrived  officers   ^9  <<   ..  „„„+»>    u~t~~      „„1.  <-:„~        on7 

WhletZTfmegr  'I'™     ^     ^227  Whe^S^SSShL.'  is'  played'84 

detached   service 227  180     200  ;   207  ;   208 

D^^^<^^'^^222  ^Troo^^    ^    ^     ^     ^198 

Dismounlinr'be'fore' '  '  addressing223  When    "To    «*  ' Color 1&  ^fd20g 

superior  not  mounted    195  Visits  ^  '^&3i'  '.V.  . .  /.  .218';  -231 

Enlisted   men:  Walking  on  left  of  senior    224 

At  meals .  18/  Horse    equipment    furnished    mounted 

Seated,     rising     on     approach     of  officers  below  major 451 

orncer     1»»  Horses     See     "Mounts " 

Flag,  hoisting  at  reveille  and  lower-  Horseshoers,'   appointment    and    reduc- 
ing at  retreat 234  ti                   KH                                          in 

Guards  not  turned  out  on  Sundays  210  Hospital    fund  ".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '.  '.144 

Importance   of   interchange   of  com-  Housewives     436 

pliments  and  visits   ..... .230 ;  231        Hunting  leave    35 

Junior  to  walk  on  left  of  senior    .  .224 

Men  in  formation  not  to  salute  when  j 

addressed     196  , 

National  Anthem,  saluting ice     •  • ;  ; ; '—  •■• •  •  •  •  •  •  •4'J& 

130  •    200  •    208  Importance  of  knowing  Army  Regula- 

Naticmai   salute  7.7.7.7 ' !  .215        T     „ tions    •  y  ,A 

Officers-  •  Inclosures     312(9) 

Entering       room       occupied       by  Indej^ndent   battalions    89 

soldiers     .186  INDORSEMENTS:                          »i*/tV* 

In     civilian     clothes     not     saluted  *orm.     '":"••••  \y   :  \- \ xJo/Jlx 

with   guns    ..      .                           209  Routine,  signed  with  initials    ..312(14) 

President's   salute  ".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.  '.216        !nTfl"£n"v  ^r^L 10 

Registering  at  Headquarters    218  INFORMATION: 

Reporting  arrival  in  Washington   ..219  Furnished    by    persons    in    military 

service    356 

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Par.  No. 
INFORMATION   (Contd.; 

Official,  defined    363 

Initial    clothing   allowance    411 

INSPECTION: 

Precedes    muster     236 

Weekly     115 

Interior  economy  of  companies  115;  138 
Inventory  and  inspection  reports  365  ;  367 
Inventory  of  effects  of  deceased  ....  79 
Irons,   placing  prisoners  in    380 

J 

Junior    to    walk    or    ride    on    left    of 
senior     224 

K 

Keys  of  storerooms  or  chests   260 

Kitchens,   care   of    133 

Kitchen  utensils  and  tableware 419 

Kitchenware,    company    137 

Knowledge      of      Army      Regulations, 
importance    1 

L 

Lance  Corporals    105 

Laundry    charges    fixed    by    post    ex- 
change   council    147 

Leaves  of  absence   27-36 

Letters.      See    "Correspondence." 
Limit  of  time  for  rendition  of  proper- 
ty returns    287 

Losing  property,  court-martial  convic- 
tion      ..285 

LOSS   OF: 

Discharge  certificate 73 

Funds   149 

Property  in  transit,   survey    .30? 

Loss    or    damage    of    property    to    be 
charged     to     responsible     person 

269;    272 

Lye     421 

M 

Manual  for  Army  Cooks 135 

Marking  company  property   129 

Marking  property  by  branding 262 

Matches     436 

Material,    cleaning 128 

Mechanic,  appointment  and  reduction  111 
Medical  officers  exercising  command  23 
MEMORANDUM   RECEIPT: 

Failure  to  account  for  property  held 

on    402 

In  case  of  change  of  station 400 

Quarterly 114 

Settlement  for  supplies  held  on   ...400 

Memorial  Day   237 

MESS: 

Calls     175 

Company   130;   131 

Funds    154-156 

Furniture,  company   137;   138 

Mileage    444 

Military  authority,   exercise  of   5 

Military    correspondence,    See,    "Cor- 
respondence." 
MILITARY  COURTESY: 

Indispensable   to   discipline    8 


Par.  No. 
MILITARY  COURTESY   (Contd.) 

Not  confined  to  official  occasions  . .     8 
See,    "Honors    and    salutes." 

Military   discipline    4 

Military  prisoner,  escaped,  reward  for 

apprehension 52 

Money   accounts    243 

Money  responsibility  of  officers   241 

Mops     420 

Morning  reports,  company 113   (a) 

Mounted     officers     below    major     fur- 
nished horse  equipments   451 

Mounted   pay    443 

MOUNTS: 

May     be     furnished     officers     below 

major    404 

Number    authorized    392 

Public,   purchase   of    403 

Public,   authorized  use  forbidden    ..393 

Muster  of  troops    235 

Muster  preceded  by  inspection   236 

MUSTER   ROLLS: 

Corrections      344 

Detachment 343 

Preparation      at      each      bi-monthly 
muster    342 

N 
NATIONAL    ANTHEM: 

Official    designation    97 

Saluting  when  played 180 ;  200 

National   salute    215 

Neglect  to  take  proper  care  of  rooms 

or   furniture    383 

NONCOMMISSIONED   OFFICERS: 
Appointment    of    company    noncom- 
missioned  officers    104 

Delegation    of    authority    to    confine 

soldiers     375 

Detailing  on  special  duty 83 

Lance    corporals    105 

Not  to  be  confined  with  privates   ..374 

Reduction    109;    110 

Selection    and    instruction    of    com- 
pany noncommissioned  officers   103 
Selection    of    first    sergeant,    supply 

sergeant,   stable   sergeant    106 

Warrants     107 

When    appointment    becomes    effec- 
tive  108 

Notification      of      discharge,      when 
furnished  by  quartermaster    ...   75 

O 

OATHS: 

By   whom    administered    270 

Officers   authorized    to   administer 

to  witnesses    295 

Obedience   to   orders    4 

Obituaries     336 

Office    marks    312(6) 

Officer  of  the   Day  releasing  garrison 

prisoners 379 

OFFICERS: 

Authorized    to    administer    oaths    to 

witnesses     295 

Certain    ones    not    to    assume    com- 
mand of  troops    22 


[192] 


Par.  No. 
OFFICERS    (Contd.) 

Duties      of     officer     succeeding     to 

command     20 

Duties     when     acting     in     place     of 

another 18 

In  temporary  command,  not  to  alter 

orders      19 

Leave  of  absence    27  ;   36 

Mileage    37 

Not     placed     in     arrest     for     light 

offenses     370 

Pay.     See,   "Pay  of  Officers." 

Pecuniary   responsibility    241 

Property  responsibility  and  account- 
ability      245 

Reports,    leave     34 

Repor,t  upon  completion  of  jour- 
ney   . 40 

Serving  with  troops  may  draw  cer- 
tain   ordnances     452 

To  be  credited  for  expenditure  of 
property  made   in   obedience   to 

orders     283 

Traveling  on  duty    37;   41 

When  relieved  to  turn  over  orders, 

etc 21 

Official  envelopes.     See,   "Penalty  en- 
velopes." 

Official   information,    defined    363 

Opinions,    aoplication   for    325 

Opinion  to  be  expressed  on  all  papers 
forwarded     323 

ORDERS: 

Carried  by  officers  in  field    337 

Carried   by   soldiers    only    in   urgent 

cases     338 

Defined     329 

Distribution     340 

Eulogizing  living  officers 336 

Field  Orders   330 

Files  to  be  kept    340 

For  troops,  addressed  to  command- 
ing officer   335 

General  orders : 

Defined     328 

Scope  and  nature   331 

In  force  turned  over  to  successor   .  .    21 

May  be  in  form  of  letter 334 

Missing    340 

Not    to     be     altered    by     officer     in 

temporary    command    19 

Obituaries      336 

Source,  number  and  date   334 

Special   orders    332 

To  be  approved  before  issued  ....333 
To  be  read  to  troops  at  parade  ...341 
Transmitted     through     intermediate 

commanders      339 

Travel,  to  be  obeyed  promptly   ....   39 

ORDNANCE: 

Ordnance  stores,  purchase   450 

Not  to  be  presented  for  condemna- 
tion unless  no  longer  repair- 
able    .  . 453 

That  may  be  drawn  by  officers  serv- 
ing with  troops    452 


Par.  No. 
PAY  OF  OFFICERS: 

Additional,  for  exercising  command 

above  that  of  grade   442 

By  whom  paid   439 

If   going  on   foreign   service    441 

Mounted     443 

Paid  monthly   438 

Transferring   pay    account    440 

PAY   ROLLS: 

Calculation   on   rolls,  made  by  pay- 
master     345 

Collections     344 

Preparation  at  each  monthly  muster 

342 

Pecuniary  responsibility  of  officers    .  .241 
PENALTY  ENVELOPES: 

Form  for   364 

Inclosing  for  reply   362 

Official    information    defined    363 

Used  exclusively  for  public  business  361 
Permanent  furniture  in  officers'  quar- 
ters     384 

PERSONAL: 

Property  lost  or  damaged  in  public 

service    305 

Reports.      See,    "Reports." 

Salutes ..216;    217 

Supervision  of  soldier's  fare    134 

Pistol  may  be  drawn  by  officers  serv- 
ing with  troops   452 

Police  of  barracks  or  tents   ....118;    119 
Policing    after    breakfast    and    stable 

duty 178 

Polishing  parts   of  rifle  prohibited    ..125 

Post  exchange  council    141 ;    147 

Post    return    346 

Praise    or    censure,    deliberations   con- 
veying     - 8 

Precedence    and    rank    of   officers   and 

noncommissioned   officers    11 

Price  of  clothing  and  equipage    407 

PRISONER: 

Placing  in   irons    380 

Reward   for  apprehension    52 

Segregation    of    377 

Prisoners'    food    136 

Private   property   lost    or   damaged    in 
public    service    305 

Privates,    1st    class,    appointment    and 
reduction     Ill 

Proceedings   of  councils    146 

PROCEEDS  OF  SALE  OF  EFFECTS 
OF  DECEASED  SOLDIERS: 

Application    for    80-b 

Depositing  with  paymaster    80 

Proceeds,  statement  of,  in  case  of  sale 
of  effects   of  deceased,  to  accom- 
pany   Quartermaster's    receipt    .  .80-a 
Promotion    and    appointment    of    offi- 
cers        25 

PROPERTY: 

Company,    marking     129 

Failure     to     account     for,     held     on 
memorandum  receipt    402 


[193] 


Par.  No. 
PROPERTY  (Contd.): 

P 
Parades    233 

In  possession   of  men 122 

Quartermaster,  left  because  respon- 
sible  person   being   detached'  ..401 

Responsibility     245 

Returns,    examination    by    chiefs    of 

bureau    288  ;    289 

Returns,    retained,    to    be    kept    in 

company     114 

To  be  condemned    365-367 

PROPERTY     ACCOUNTABILITY 
AND   RESPONSIBILITY: 

Accountable      officer      not      to      be 

separated   from  his  property    .  .252 

Accountability  and  responsibility, 
denned    245 

Accountability  not  to  be  transferred 
^to    enlisted    men 281 

Action  when  property  is  unlawfully 

in  possession  of  persons  .  .275;  276 

All  public  property  to  be  accounted 
for     279 

Certificates  and  affidavits  to  accom- 
pany return  in  case  of  expendi- 
ture, loss  or  destruction  of 
property     284 

Classification  o  f  unserviceable 
property     264 

Condemned  property  or  whose 
issue  price  is  reduced,  not  to  be 
purchased  by  responsible  offi- 
cer      269 

Continuation  in  case  of  persons 
temporarily   absent    399 

Conviction  by  court-martial  for 
losing-  or  damaging  property   ..285 

Disposition  of  empty  barrels,  boxes, 
etc 265 

Disposition  of  stores  and  property 
condemned  and  ordered  sold   .  .266 

Examination  of  returns  by  chiefs  of 
bureaus    288;    289 

Failure  to  receipt  for  property   ....255 

Failure   to   render  returns    286 

Giving  or  taking  receipts  in  blank, 
prohibited    258 

Keys  of  storerooms  or  chests   260 

Loss  or  damage  of  property  charged 
to  responsible  person 269 ;  272 

"Mobile  property  to  be  branded    ...262 

Officer  in  command  responsible  for 
property     246 

Officers  to  be  credited  for  expendi- 
tures made  in  obedience  to 
orders      283 

Organization    commander    responsi- .  . 
ble  for  company  property  249;  251 

Packages  to  be  examined  by  officer 
when  opened  for  first  time  ....275 

Property  to  be  examined  when  re- 
ceived      256 

Property  to  be  kept  in  good  condi- 
tion  by   repairs    261 

Public  property  or  labor  not  to  be 
used  for  private  persons   677 

Reward     for     recovery     of     lost     or 

stolen  property    277;    278 

[194 


Par.  No. 
PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY 

AND  RESPONSIBILITY  (Contd.) : 
Seizure     of    property    in    hands     of 
persons    not    in    military    service 

_       276;    278 

Separate   returns    280 

Stores   that  have   miscarried    254 

Survey     of     property     in     case     of 

desertion     273 

Transfer   of  property    253 

Value    of   property    charged    against 

civilian  employees   274 

Vouchers    in    certain    cases    accom- 
panied     by      orders      directing 

issues  or  expenditures   282 

When  all  officers  are  removed  from 

charge  of  property   248 

When      an     officer     in      charge     of 
property  is  separated  therefrom 

247 

When    impracticable    for    officer    to 
personally    superintend    issues    259 
PUBLIC   MOUNTS: 

May    be     furnished     officers     below 

major    404 

Purchase  of 403 

Unauthorized  use  prohibited    393 

Punishments  to  conform  to  law    ....      5 
PURCHASE  OF: 

Arms,  etc.,  from  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment       450 

Clothing  from  Q.  M.  C 417 

Public    mounts     403 

Q 

Quartermaster   Corps    382 

Quartermaster    property    left    because 

responsible  person  being  detached  401 
QUARTERMASTER  SUPPLIES: 
Furnished  organization  commanders 

on  memorandum  receipt    398 

On  memorandum   receipt,    quarterly 

settlement     114 

QUARTERS: 

Application   for    385 

Commutation    445 

Quarterly  settlement  of  Quartermaster 
supplies     held     on     memorandum 

receipt    114 

Questions,       abstract,       not      to      be 
answered    325 

R 

Rank   and   precedence   of   officers   and 
noncommissioned    officers    11 

RATION: 

Certificate  _ 434 

Deduction   in   case   of  persons   leav- 
ing      435 

Defined     426 

Emergency 432 

Extra  issues    436 

Field     430 

Filipino     431 

Forage     390 

Garrison     427 

] 


Par.  No. 
RATION    (Contd.): 

Reserve     429 

Returns    433 

Savings     437 

Travel     428 

Rations,  care  of 133 

Receipts,    giving    or    taking    in    blank 

prohibited    258 

Reconnaissance,  officer  directing,  not 
in  charge  of  escort 24 

RECORDS: 

All  are  property  of  U.  S 353 

Company    ..113;    114 

Disposition  of,  upon  discontinuance 

of  command 353 

Furnishing    of    information    by    per- 
sons in  military   service    356 

Penalties    for   unlawful    concealment 

or   mutilation    355 

Preservatfon     352 

Use  of  colored   ink   prohibited    ....354 

Reduction   of   N.    C.    O.s    109;   110 

Reenlistment,  when  not  recommended, 
at  least  30  days'  notice  to  be 
given   soldier    70 

REGIMENT: 

Administrative   unit    86 

Commander    responsible    for    condi- 
tion of  regiment    92 

Commander    to    encourage   harmony 

amongst    officers    93 

Composition      87 

Staff    94;   96 

Regimental  monthly  return    346 

Registering  at  headquarters   218 

Relieved,   when,    to  turn   over   orders, 

etc 21 

Remains  of  deceased  soldiers,  ship- 
ment        81 

Reporting   arrival  in   Washington   and 

at  department  headquarters    

.219;     357 

REPORTS: 

After  every  battle   349 ;  350 

Annual   personal    359 

By  officers  on  leave 34 

By  officer  upon  completion  of  jour- 
ney  40 

Captured    property    351 

Death   of  soldier    79 

Deposits     in     case     of     transfer     or 

desertion 447 

Detached    service     358 

Discontinuance  of  allotment  in  case 

of  death   or  desertion    446 

Efficiency     360 

Officer's    arrest   without    charges    ..370 
Requisitions     and     estimates     to     be 

scrutinized  by  C.  0 307 

Requisitions,     C.     O.    responsible    for 

prompt  rendition   306 

Reserve  ration 429 

Respect   to   superiors   not   confined    to 

official  occasions    8 

RESPONSIBILITY: 

Property,    continuation    in    case    of 
temporary   absence    399 


Par.  No. 
RESPONSIBILITY    (Contd.): 

See,    "Property    accountability    and 
responsibility." 

RESPONSIBILITY  OF  OFFICERS: 

Pecuniary     241 

Property     245 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men   57;   59 

RETURN  OF: 

Captured    property    351 

Property,   failure  to   render    286 

RETURNS: 

C.  O.  responsible  for  prompt  rendi- 
tion      306 

Examination    by    chiefs     of    bureau 

288;    289 

Limits  of  time  to  render 287 

Money  and   property    243 

Property,    retained,    to    be    kept    in 

company     114 

Separate     280 

RETURNS    OF    TROOPS: 

After   every   battle    349;    350 

Detached  companv  return  forwarded 
through     field      officer     serving 

therewith     348 

Monthly     346 

Special    return    347 

Reveille  and  retreat   172 

REWARD : 

For    apprehension    of    deserter    and 

military  prisoner    52 

For     recovery     of     lost     or     stolen 

property    277;    278 

Riding  on  left  of  senior   224 

Rifle  may  be  drawn  by  officers  serving 

with  troops   452 

Rock    salt    436 

Roll  call,  reporting  result   176 

Rosters    157  ;    166 


Saddlers,   appointment  and   reduction   111 

Salutes  to   general   officers    217 

Salutes.     See,  "Honors  and  salutes." 

Sapolio    421 

Saturday   inspection    115 

Scrubbing   brushes    420 

Segregation  of  prisoners   377 

Seizure   of  property   in   hands   of  per- 
sons not  in  military  service  276 ;  278 

Sentinels,    saluting    202 

Separate    battalions    89 

Service  calls   172 ;   177 

Service   record    43 

Settlement  of  clothing  account 410 

SETTLEMENT  OF  SUPPLIES  HELD 
ON  MEMORANDUM  RECEIPT: 

In  case  of  change  of  station 400 

Quarterly     114 

Shipment     of     remains     of     deceased 

soldiers     81 

Sick   call    449 

Signature    312  (3) 

Signing  communications  ' 317 

Soap    436 

Soldiers,  treatment    7 


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x  ar.  No. 

Special   orders    332 

Squads,  division  of  company  into    ...116 

Stable  sergeant,   selection  of    106 

Staff    administration     306 ;    308 

Staff  officers  exercising  command    ...   23 

STAR    SPANGLED    BANNER: 

Designated   National   Anthem    97 

Saluting  when  played    180;   200 

Statement   of   preferences    359 

Stationery,   issue    389 

Straw,   issue  for  bedding  of  troops    ..396 
Subsistence   stores.      See,    "Ration." 
Superiors,    conduct    towards    subordi- 
nates           6 

Supply  sergeant,  selection  of 106 

Surrender  of  deserter   51;  53 

Surrender  or  apprehension  of  deserter 
at  post  other  than  station  of  com- 
pany     . 54 

SURVEYS  OF  PROPERTY: 

Approved   survey   reports   as   vouch- 
ers to  returns 303' 

Certain     property     to     be     surveyed 
before       being       submitted       to 

action  of  inspector    . . .  . 290 

Completion       and       disposition       of 
report    when    amount    does    not 

exceed   $500    299 

Conditions  necessary  before  approv- 
ing reports  relieving  persons   ..301 
Destruction    of   property    on    recom- 
mendation of  surveying  officer  298 
Discrepancy,     loss     or.     damage     of 

property  in  transit   302 

In  case  of  desertion   273 

Number  of  reports  prepared    ......297 

Officers     authorized     to     administer 

oaths     295 

Private    property    lost    or    destroyed 

in  public  service    305 

Request  for  surveying   officer  to  be 

made    promptly    294 

Responsible    officer    to    furnish    evi- 
dence on  which  he  relies  to  be 
relieved  from   responsibility    ...293 
Surveying  officer: 

Designation     291 

Duties     292 

Powers   and   functions    296 

Survey  reports   recommending  stop- 
pages against  enlisted  men    ...304 
When     report     must     be    forwarded 

to  next  higher  command 300 

T 

Table   ware,    company    137 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils 419 

Tailoring  council  fixed  by  post  ex- 
change   council    147 

Tattoo     173 


Par.  No. 
TELEGRAMS: 

About     leaves     424 

Blanks  used 423 

Copies  by  mail  in  certain  cases   .  ..  .311 

Day   and  night  messages    422 

Reducing  number  of  words  to  mini- 
mum       425 

To   be   carefully   guarded    316 

To  be  sent  only  in  case  of  urgency  422 
See,     "Telegrams,"     under     "Corre- 
spondence." 
Temporary   command,    officers   in,   not 

to  change  orders    19 

Tents,  police  of   118 

The    colors,    saluting    201 

Time     absent     without     leave     to     be 

made    good    56 

Toilet  paper 436 

Tompions,  use  prohibited    127 

"To  the  color"  at  retreat   234 

Towels    436 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men   46 

Transfer  of  property    253 

Transportation  of  baggage   405 

Travel   orders  to  be   obeyed  promptly  39 

Travel   ration    428 

Treatment  of  enlisted  men   7 

Trivial    communications    need    not    be 

forwarded     326 

Troops,  command  of,  not  to  be  as- 
sumed by  certain  officers    22 

Troop.      See    "Company." 

U 
Unloading  pieces  when  not  in  use    ..126 
Uniform  clothing,  wearing  by  officers' 

servants .418 

Unserviceable  property,  classification  264 
Use  of  influence    10 

V 

Vinegar    436 

Visits  and  courtesies    218;   231 

Vouchers  in  certain  cases  accom- 
panied by  orders  directing  issues 
or  expenditures    282 

W 
Wagoners,     appointment     and     reduc- 
tion       Ill 

Walking  on  left  of  senior   224 

War       Department       "Correspondence 

Model"     313 

Warrants,   N.   C.  0 107 

Washington,    reporting   arrival    219 

Witnesses,  officers  authorized  to  ad- 
minister  oaths   to 295 

Working  parties 82  ;   85 

y 

Yearly   clothing   allowance    411 


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